Business — Set 10

Set 10 of Business covers 5 words: wealth, capital, budget, insurance, share. Each entry below includes its definition, an example sentence, and synonyms — practice them with the interactive cards above.

1. wealth · noun/wɛlθ/

   the state of being rich

   Investing in transport infrastructure today will produce wealth and reduce poverty tomorrow.

   Synonyms: richness, abundance, affluence

   Origin: Middle English welthe, from well or weal, on the pattern of health

2. capital · noun/ˈkæpədl/

   wealth in the form of money or property that is used to bring more wealth

   The capital will be invested in technological product development and the expansion of the business across Germany and beyond.

   Synonyms: NONE

   Origin: Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘relating to the head or top’, later ‘standing at the head or beginning’): via Old French from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’

3. budget · noun/ˈbədʒət/

   a sum of money to be used for a purpose

   We are planning to decorate our house, but we have a tight budget because we already spent a lot of money on holidays.

   Synonyms: funds, allocation

   Origin: late Middle English: from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge ‘leather bag’, from Latin bulga ‘leather bag, knapsack’, of Gaulish origin. Compare with bulge. The word originally meant a pouch or wallet, and later its contents. In the mid 18th century, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in presenting his annual statement, was said ‘to open the budget’. In the late 19th century the use of the term was extended from governmental to other finances

4. insurance · noun/ɪnˈʃʊrəns/

   an agreement between you and a company that promise to give you money in case of loss if you make regular payments

   If you're having a difficult time paying for health insurance offered by your employers, the government can help.

   Synonyms: protection, assurance, guarantee

   Origin: late Middle English (originally as ensurance in the sense ‘ensuring, assurance, a guarantee’): from Old French enseurance, from enseurer (see ensure). insurance dates from the mid 17th century

5. share · noun/ʃɛr/

   a part of a larger amount owned by someone

   He owned an insurance business and had a share in another company making bicycle wheels.

   Synonyms: part, portion

   Origin: Old English scearu ‘division, part into which something may be divided’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schare and German Schar ‘troop, multitude’, also to shear. The verb dates from the late 16th century