English Collocations in Use

Worst-off shoppers in Europe

166) spending power term

167) income tax term

168) disposable income term/wf

169) the cost of living term

One woman in five is a shopaholic

170) a shopaholic term

171) compulsive shopper / shopping col/wf

172) leisure pursuit col

173) (to suffer from) a serious medical condition col

174) shopping addiction col/wf

addict

175) to be heavily in debt col/prep

176) the reason behind smth prep

177) with relative ease col/prep =fairly easily

178) to mask a problem col

179) to lavish smth on/upon smb prep

180) to associate smth with smth prep

Vocabulary in Use (Upper-Intermediate)

Unit 62 Money -- buying, selling and paying

181) pay (in) cash col

182) use/pay by a credit/debit card col/term

183) pay by / make out a / write somebody a / accept a BrE cheque / AmE check

184) to have / hold an account col/term

a current account col/term

a savings account term =a bank account that gives you interest on the money that you have in it

185) to deposit money in your account col

186) to withdraw money / cash / £30 from an ATM etc col

to take money out of a bank account phr

187) to pay your everyday bills col

188) to send / receive a bank statement col/term =a document that shows all the money that went into or out of your bank account during a particular period of time

189) to spend money / savings on smth col/prep

190) to arrange / have an overdraft col/term = an amount of money that you owe to a bank when you have spent more money than is in your bank account

to run up an overdraft phr/col

interest-free overdraft col

191) if you are overdrawn, or if your bank account is overdrawn, you owe your bank money that you have spent when there was no money in your account col

192) to charge interest on smth col/prep/term =money that a person or institution such as a bank charges you for lending you money

193) be in the red infml idiom =to owe money to your bank because you have spent more than you have in your account

194) be in the black idiom = to have money, for example, in your bank account

195) be in credit =if you are or your bank account are in credit, there is money in the account

196) to pay for smth outright col

197) to buy smth on credit prep

198) to get / give / offer a discount col/term

discount on/off smth prep

to sell smth at a discount (=at reduced prices)

199) to offer a reduction on smth col/prep

reduction for smb: £50 reductions for all guests staying 14 nights in June

200) to buy in bulk prep

201) to haggle with smb over smth prep =to argue with smb in order to reach an agreement, esp about the price of smth

202) to return / exchange an item/ a product col

203) to be entitled to / to ask for / demand a refund col/term

204) to be good/excellent value col

205) to be bad/poor value col

206) to find / get / pick up a bargain col

English Collocations in Use

Unit 37 Money

207) to save money col

208) to waste/squander money on smth col/prep

209) to change money col

210) to throw money about/around infml idiom

211) to throw money at smth disapproving idiom

212) to donate money to col/prep

213) a high/low price col

214) rock-bottom prices col (usually by advertisers)

215) a reasonable price col/wf | to be reasonably priced

216) a ridiculous price col

217) price + increase / go up / rise / soar col

218) price + go down col

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