a written promise from a company to repair or replace a product that develops a fault within a particular period of time
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MORTGAGE
a loan which allows you to buy a house
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DEBIT CARD
a small plastic card that can be used as a method of payment, the money being taken from your bank account automatically.
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INSTALLMENTS
small parts of the loan which are paid at different times until the total is reached.
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TO SOAR
TO GO UP/ TO INCREASE/ to rise very quickly to a high level
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TO BUY UP (TO SNAP UP)
to buy large amounts of it, or all that is available:
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TO SQUANDER MONEY
to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage:
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TO DEPOSIT MONEY
to put money in a bank or safe
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TO ACQUIRE (TO PURCHASE)
to buy / to get
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TO TIGHTEN ONE'S BELT
to spend less money than you did before because you have less money:
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TO PAY THROUGH ONE'S NOSE
to pay too much money for something
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TO MAKE ENDS MEET
to have just enough money to pay for the things that you need
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TO MAKE A SMALL FORTUNE
To earn a very large amount of money, especially by doing something very successfully.
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TO SPLIT THE BILL
each person participating in a paid activity covers their own expenses, rather than any one person in the group defraying the cost for the entire group