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Bargain——very cheap——cheap——inexpensive——peanuts——nothing——cheap as chip

Reasonable——economical 节约的，经济的

Expensive—— small fortune——a fortune

I don’t to lend。。。

I don’t lending。。。

Lease——rent

Savings / loan rate

Afford：I can’t afford to go on holiday this year。（don’t have enough money）

Worth：How much is that watch worth？（=What is the value of that watch？）

It’s worth about ￥500。（=the value is ￥500）

The cost of living（=how much people pay for things）is very high in places like Sweden or Norway，but people still have a good standard of living（=the level of money and comfort people have）。

Pay for：I paid ￥200 for my new desk。（It cost me ￥200。）

Spend on：Last week I spent ￥100 on food，and ￥20 on books。

Cost：My new desk cost（me）￥200。（= I paid ￥200）

100 cents = 1 dollar 100 pence = 1pound

Charge：The book charged me ￥20。（=asked me to pay￥20 for the service he provided）

Lend：Could you lend me your pen？

Borrow：Could I borrow you pen？

Waste：Parents often think that children waste their money（use it badly）on sweets and other things that they don’t need。

Save up：keeping some of my money when I receive it

I’m saving up to buy a house。

I’m saving up for a holiday。

The currency（the type of money used in a country）is called sterling。

Banknotes coins

A ten-pound note

A fifty-pence piece