English Vocabulary: Travel and Commerce

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What is the term for the amount of money added to a bill in a restaurant as an extra charge for the service of the waiters?

Gas charge
Service charge (correct)
Admission charge
Service fee

What does it mean to 'charge' someone for a particular service?

To deny someone a service
To provide someone with a free service
To ask someone for a particular amount of money (correct)
To give someone a discount

What is the term for the amount of money you have to pay for goods or services?

Service charge
Admission charge
Gas charge
Charge (correct)

What does it mean to 'charge' something to someone's account?

To add something to someone's bill (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for paying for something using a credit card?

Charging on Visa (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the fee charged by a gallery for admission?

Admission charge (A) Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to 'charge' rent?

To ask someone to pay rent (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the amount of money that is added to a bill for delivery?

Delivery fee (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to 'pass on' something to someone?

To make someone else pay the cost of something (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'pass' in the context of a game?

To kick, throw, or hit a ball to a member of your own team (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a 'pass' in the context of an examination?

A successful result (A) Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to 'pass up' an opportunity?

To not make use of a chance to do something (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'pass' in the context of financial transactions?

To make someone else pay the cost of something (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a 'pass' in the context of travel?

An official piece of paper which shows that you are allowed to enter a building or travel without paying (A) Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to 'pass' something to someone?

To give something to someone so that they have it instead of you (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'pass' in the context of a mountain?

A type of road or path that goes between mountains (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does the word 'confidential' mean in the context of a doctor's patient records?

Intended to be kept secret (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'depart' in the sentence 'The President departed from his text only once'?

To do something differently (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a 'departure board'?

A board showing departure times (A) Signup and view all the answers

What does 'radical departure' mean?

A big change (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'pass' in the sentence 'I pass the sports centre on the way to work'?

To go past or through a particular place (B) Signup and view all the answers

What does 'pass around' mean?

To hand out or distribute something to a group of people (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does 'pass' mean in the sentence 'The feeling of sickness soon passed'?

To end or stop (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'pass' in the sentence 'Hardly a day passes without more bad news'?

To go by or end (B) Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Charge

A call to board a ship, bus, or train before it leaves
The amount of money paid for goods or services
A position of control or responsibility for a group or activity
An official statement saying someone may be guilty of a crime
Electricity put into a device such as a battery
Strong feelings or emotions

Charge (verb)

To ask for a specific amount of money for something
To state officially that someone may be guilty of a crime
To pay for something using a credit card

Confidential

Intended to be kept secret
Showing that you do not want others to know what you are saying
Confidentially: saying something in a quiet, secretive way

Depart

To leave a place, especially at the start of a journey
To start using new ideas or do something differently

Departure

The act of leaving a place, especially at the start of a journey
A way of doing something differently from the usual way

Pass

To go past or through a particular place, person, or object
To give something to someone else
To succeed in an examination or test
To officially accept a law or proposal by voting
To kick, throw, or hit a ball to a team member during a game
To not answer a question because you don't know the answer
To deliberately not say anything when someone says or does something you dislike
To not make use of a chance or opportunity
To die (used to avoid saying the word 'die')
To give something to someone else so they have it instead of you
To become unconscious

Pass (noun)

An official piece of paper showing permission to enter a building or travel without paying
A successful result in an examination
When you kick, throw, or hit a ball to another team member during a game
A high road or path that goes between mountains to the other side

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