Banking english

to accept a bill
exchange controls
account
exchange rate
account overdraft
exchange-rate fluctuations
actual yield
to exercise an option
after-hours trading
to expire
at 30 days after sight
expiry date - due date
at 60 days after date
financial market
at a discount
fixed exchange rate
at a premium - above par
fixed term sale
at best
float due to collection
at closing
floating-rate loan
at par
foreign bank
at sight - on demand
foreign currency
to backdate - to antedate
foreign exchange market
bank
forward market - futures market
to bank - to deposit
future transaction - forward transaction
bank account
futures - forward contracts
bank balance
to grant a loan
bank branch
gross yield
bank clearance
to honour a bill
bank counter
hostile takeover
bank credit
in the red
bank deposit
interest
bank guarantee
interest accrual
bank lending rates
interest rate
bank loan
investor
bank merger
irrevocable
bank rate rise
irrevocable letter of credit
bank sector
issue price
bank suretyship - bank guarantee
issuing bank
bank transfer
issuing house
bank transfer order
junk bond
banker's draft - bank draft
legal interest
banking
letter of credit
banking secrecy
loan
banking system
merchant bank
banknote (GB) - bill (US)
money laundering
bear
money market
bear market
negotiable
bearer bill
negotiable bill
bearer bond
net yield
bearer cheque
official discount rate
bearer share
official Stock Exchange list
bill for collection
on deposit - on consignment
blank cheque
to open an account
blank endorsement
ordinary share (GB) - common stock (US)
bond - debenture
out-of-town cheque
bond certificate
to overdraw
bond holder - debenture holder
parity - at par
bond issue
payable at sight
bonus share - free share
payable to bearer
borrowing rate
payment order
bounced cheque - uncovered cheque
to postdate
bull market
preference share (GB) - preferred stock (US)
to buy back
premium deal
call option - call
private bank
to cash a cheque
promissory note - note of hand
cash against documents
to protest a bill
cash market - spot market
protest charges
cash overdraft
rate
cashier - teller
recipient - beneficiary
to charge an account
registered share
cheque (GB) - check (US)
to renew the bill
cheque book
repayment date - refund date
collection
revocable
collection charges
revocable credit
commodity exchange
revocable letter of credit
confirmed irrevocable credit
right of veto
confirmed letter of credit
safety deposit box
contract note
savings bank
convertibility
savings deposit
convertible
to sell forward
convertible bond
to settle a debt - to pay off a debt
correspondent bank
settlement of a bill
crash on the Stock Exchange
share - stock
credit
share certificate
credit card
share index
credit opening
share issue
crossed cheque
short-term bill
currency exposure
short-term debt
current account (GB) - checking account (US)
sight bill - bill on demand
current account deposit
speculative bubble
date of issue
spot exchange
debit balance
stock dividend
default interests - interests on arrears
Stock Exchange
to deposit
Stock Exchange capitalisation
deposit book
Stock Exchange index
deposit certificate - deposit warrant
stock market
depositor
stock option
discount rate
stockbroker - stockjobber
dividend
to stop a cheque
dividend warrant
to stop an account
domiciled bill
subject to collection
Dow Jones index
surcharge
to draw a cheque
suretyship - guarantee
drawer
to take out a loan
drawer's signature
take-over bid (TOB)
end of month (EOM)
town cheque
to endorse - to back
transferable
to endorse a cheque
unacceptance
endorsement
unpaid - unsettled
endorsement for collection
to value at market price
endorser
voting share
exchange
to write out a cheque
exchange broker - stockbroker
yield