Changing Money and Banking - French Banking Vocabulary
Useful vocabulary for talking about changing money and banking in French
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When traveling (or doing anything else, for that matter), you need access to money, which means you need to know how to talk about it in the local language. Here's a page of useful French vocabulary related to money and banking so that you can change money, talk about your payment method, manage bank accounts, and more.
| money | de l'argent (m) | ||
| bill, note, paper money | un billet | ||
| cash | des espèces (f), du liquide | ||
| change | la monnaie | ||
| coin | une pièce (de monnaie) | ||
| check, cheque | un chèque | ||
| checkbook | un carnet de chèques | ||
| certified check | un chèque certifié | ||
| traveler's check | un chèque de voyage | ||
| bank card, ATM card | une carte bancaire | ||
| credit card | une carte de crédit | ||
| bank | une banque | ||
| currency exchange | un bureau de change | ||
| ATM machine, cash dispenser | un guichet automatique de banque (GAB) | ||
| deposit | un dépôt | ||
| checking account | un compte-chèques | ||
| savings account | un compte d'épargne | ||
| balance | le bilan | ||
| bank statement | un relevé de compte | ||
| exchange rate | le taux de change | ||
| fees | les frais (m) | ||
| interest rate | le taux d'intérêt | ||
| loan | un emprunt | ||
| receipt | un reçu | ||
| sum, amount, total | le montant | ||
| transfer | un virement | ||
| withdrawal | un retrait | ||
| yield | le rendement | ||
| to buy | acheter | ||
| to cash a check | toucher un chèque | ||
| to change money (into Euros) | changer de l'argent (en Euros) | ||
| to count | compter | ||
| to deposit (into an account) | déposer (sur un compte) | ||
| to earn | gagner | ||
| to need | avoir besoin de | ||
| to pay | cash | payer | en espèces |
| with a credit card | avec une carte de crédit | ||
| with traveler's checks | avec des chèques de voyage | ||
| to save money | faire des économies | ||
| to sell | vendre | ||
| to sign | signer | ||
| to spend | dépenser | ||
| to transfer | virer | ||
| to write a check | faire un chèque | ||
| to withdraw | retirer | ||
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