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Money, Housing and Benefits

What do the words mean?

Below we've listed explainations of some money, housing, and benefits jargon so you can understand all you need to know...

 Debt: money that is owed, an outstanding payment or money that is due.

money.gif Budget: An estimate of what your income and spending is over a period of time.

money.gif Current Account: An account where you can take out money without giving advanced warning that you are taking it out.

money.gif Savings Account: An account where you will probably earn a higher level of interest.

money.gif Interest charged:  Extra money you will have to pay back for borrowing money - this will be a certain percentage of the amount you borrowed. The longer it takes to pay back the borrowed money the more interest you will have to pay.

money.gif Interest earned: Money you earn for keeping your money in a bank account or building society Works out as a percentage of the money you keep in the account.

money.gif Loan Shark: Someone who lends money with very high interest rates, often an illegal lender.

money.gif Payday Loan: Short term loan with a very high-rate of interest and is repaid using the borrower’s next monthly wage packet.

money.gif Council Tax: A tax on any household in the UK. The money is worked out based on the type of property and the number of people living there. Must be paid to the local council.

money.gif Gross Income: This is your total income before tax has been paid or before you have paid bills.

money.gif Net Income aka Disposable Income: This is all the money that you have left once your outgoings and tax have been paid.

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