# Read Vietnamese, Lesson 27 # by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No.66-18965 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) bán : to sell buôn bán : to trade, do business mua bán : to shop bán lại : to resell bảng : pound sterling buôn : to buy wholesale (in order to sell later), deal in cao : to be high, tall; to go up (of price) cao hạ : to go up and down, fluctuate cầu : to request, demand; demand (market) cung cầu : supply and demand du lịch : to travel khách du lịch : tourist địa vị : position đô la : dollar giá : price, cost được giá : to have a high price, cost more giả : to pay [=trả] giản dị : to be simple giấy nợ : IOU hạ : (of prices) to go down, lower (price, flag, etc.) hạn : deadline, expiration date hiệu : store, shop [=tiệm] hóa vật : merchandise, gôds hối đoái : exchange Viện Hối đoái : exchange office hối xuất : exchange rate khách : quest khoản tiêu : expenditure kiều bào : compatriot, countryman kim khí : metal kinh doanh : to carry on business mật thiết : (of relations) to be close môi giởi : intermediary, middleman, go-between mua : to buy, purchase mua lại : to buy secondhand ngoại kiều : foreign national ngoại tệ : foreign currency nguyên vị : unit [=đơn vị] nợ : to owe, be indebted to món nợ : loan, debt rúp : ruble thị trường : market tiền : money, currency tiêu : to spend trang trải : to settle (accounts), pay (debts) trương mục : account(s) tùy : to follow [=theo] tùy theo : according to, in accordance with ưu thắng : to be preponderant, prevailing vốn : capital, principal Xiêm : Siam, Thailand; Siamese, Thai # end