day 23budgets and auctions
unit 4 · money & marketsbudgets and auctions
Say “quite a lot of” with N깨나, and follow money news: 가계, 감면, 감축, 강세, 경매, 관세, 급등, 급락, 결산, 거금.
today’s words
- 깨나 kkaena · N깨나: quite a lot of, a fair bit of
- 가계 gagye · household finances
- 감면 gammyeon · reduction, exemption (of tax, fees)
- 감축 gamchuk · cut, reduction
- 감하다 gamhada · subtract, take off (a price)
- 값어치 gabeochi · worth, value
- 강세 gangse · strength, rising trend; stress (in speech)
- 거금 geogeum · a large sum, a fortune
- 견본 gyeonbon · sample
- 결산 gyeolsan · settling accounts, closing the books
- 경매 gyeongmae · auction
- 경제권 gyeongjegwon · economic bloc, economic zone
- 경제성 gyeongjeseong · economic sense, cost-effectiveness
- 고소득 gosodeuk · high income
- 고용 goyong · employment, hiring
- 관세 gwanse · customs duty, tariff
- 국고 gukgo · the national treasury
- 국비 gukbi · state funds, government expense
- 금융업 geumnyungeop · finance, the financial industry
- 급등 geupdeung · sudden rise, soaring
- 급락 geumnak · sudden fall, plunge
- 기금 gigeum · fund
- 다국적 dagukjeok · multinational
sentences
- 물가가 오르면서 가계 부담이 커지고 있다. · As prices rise, household budgets are under growing strain.
- 정부는 작은 가게들의 세금을 감면하기로 했다. · The government has decided to cut taxes for small shops.
- 회사는 비용을 감축하되 고용은 줄이지 않기로 했다. · The company decided to cut costs, but not jobs.
- 원화 강세로 수출 기업들의 걱정이 커지고 있다. · With the won strong, exporters are growing anxious.
- 그 그림은 경매에서 거금에 팔렸다. · The painting sold for a fortune at auction.