| A | B |
| payment | money paid in return for something |
| discount | amount taken off the regular price |
| guarantee | promise to repair, replace, or pay for a product if it has a defect; or, to give a guarantee |
| exchange | to replace one product with another; or the act of exchanging |
| sale | exchange of things for money; selling something for less than usual |
| refund | to pay back; or , the money paid back |
| rebate | return of part of a payment |
| defect | flaw; something wrong with a product |
| layaway | item put aside for a customer who pays a deposit and finishes paying later |
| warranty | written guarantee to repair or replace parts that have defects |
| installment | one of a series of payments of a total amount owed |
| sales tax | money paid to the government added to the price of items sold |
| return | to bring back; or, the item returned |
| sales slip | piece of paper recording a sale |
| shoplift | to take goods from a store without paying for them |
| customer | person who buys something |
| price | amount of money something costs |
| purchase | to buy, to get by paying money; or, something purchased |
| charge | to ask as a price; to agree to pay for something later |
| credit card | small card used to charge things and pay later |