useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
instability; insecurity; crankiness
100,000; hundred thousand
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
(computer) reader; reading device
remittance; sending money
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
bank; banking institution
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
(political) power; authority; influence
retention; maintenance; preservation
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
please; somehow or other; one way or another
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
usurer; usury; loansharking
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
ratio; proportion; percentage
rate; late; rating; ranking
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
Europe and America; the West
gold, silver and bronze (medals)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
Dragon Quest, a.k.a. Dragon Warrior (RPG series)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent