| A | B |
| Bonds | Loans to a company or government. |
| Compound interest | Interest paid on both the money deposited and the interest earned previously. |
| Fund | Administers a sum of money pooled together from many people and handled by a financial manager. |
| Inflation | A continuous rise in the price of goods and services. |
| Interest | Money paid for the use of money. |
| Investment | An outlay of money in order to earn a profit or income. |
| Passbook | A book that lists all deposits, withdrawals and interest to a savings account. |
| Safe-deposit box | A locked metal box in a vault at a bank used to store valuables. |
| Stocks | Shares of ownership in a company. |
| Time deposits | Accounts that pay higher interest rates than regular savings accounts. |