worthless

worthwhile

penny-pinching

authority

a deposit

an advance

a fee

to be skint

be broke

be broken

bust

bust

bust

bust

to go bust

priceless

pricey

in the black

in the red

break even

a bribe

a ransom

flashy

stingy

tight
(tight-fisted)

to be loaded

to be hard up

go bankrupt

to make a large profit

a pension

pocket money

alimony

a recession

economic boom

deficit

GDP

expansion

equivalent

an income

loss-making

waist-high

to command

in excess

a pay packet

short-lived

to dwarf

renowned

to be counterproductive

an incentive

concession

remuneration

first and foremost

to alleviate

to eradicate

polio

paralysis

much-maligned

to praise

a motion

to reinforce

to rebut

top-flight

not to be sniffed at

late

alongside

the likes of

lucrative

a correspondent

to drop somebody off

a lid

a tug

scalding

to scald

to tip over

a lap

to be hospitalised

to sue (for)

to tip over

a skin graft

actual damages

punitive damages

an outcry

to undergo

unwillingly

a take on

to be entitled to

be blunt

presumably

to exert

exert influence/pressure/control

to appreciate

to wander

an interest rate

an outlook

to deserve

to be worth a fortune

to be worth keeping

to be well worth the effort

to be wirthy

to be worth your while

for what it's worth

to prove your worth

monetary value

entrepreneurial

a backing

to get something off the fround

to pledge

to get off to a lying start

to put on a play

fast-paced

afretmath

props

to showcase

profit-sharing

a cooperative

stir-fry

a stew

a canteen

deprivied

otherwise

maturity

to foster

premises

favourable

quirky

altruistic

to allocate

to put across

unanimously

a handful

a dash

a pinch

to be greedy

to reform

a council

an enquiry

to require

to assume

overall

inflation-adjusted

a twelvefold

to clock up

vinyl

steadily

a bargain

substantially

roughly

to pick up

respectively

a crackdown

a hat trick

to hint

fishy

to declare

to chop

finely

to jostle

a supplier

to be over the moon

to persuade

to be expelled

meagre

the outback

to kidnap

a kidnapper

affluenza

self-perpetuating

a fleet

a peril

to liken

to mystify

an affliction

to accumulate

to derive

an entitlement

a septic

ludicrous

outreach

twofold

a deducation

to deduce

an encounter

a convict

to relate

to approach

gloomy