Advanced English Collocations: Personal Finances

Here are some useful collocations that deal with managing your finances.

1. GETTING MONEY

- source of income

- to supplement your income
- steady income
- earn a good salary

- make big money
- make a small fortune
- seriously rich

2. SPENDING MONEY

- to spend a fortune

- to run up a big (large / huge / high) bill.
- waste / squander money
- throw money around
- throw money at smth
- donate money to

- to put down a deposit on (a new car / home etc.)

3. BORROWING MONEY FROM PEOPLE OR BANKS

- to borrow heavily

- to be heavily (deeply) in debt

- debt-ridden

- to get (slip) into serious debt

- to run up huge (big / crippling / enormous / high / large / massive / substantia) debts 

- outstanding (unpaid) debts

- a bad debt (that can't be repaid)

- to run up an overdraft

- to exceed (go over) an agreed credit limit

4. REPAYING  DEBTS

- to clear (meet / pay back / pay off / repay / settle) debts

- to make a payment (of $20) to one's account

- to pay back a loan

 5. NOT REPAYING DEBTS

- to default on repayments

- to call in a loan

6. CANCELLING SMB'S DEBTS

 - to write off (wipe off / wipe out / cancel) smb's debt

7. FINANCIAL CRIMES

- credit-card fraud

- identity theft

- to falsify records

- to make fraudulent claims

8. IMPROVING YOUR FINANCIAL CIRCAMSTANCES

- to stay (keep) afloat

- to cut down on luxuries  

- to open a current bank account

- an interest-free overdraft

Below  are some infographics on the topic.
1) MONEY: Verb-Noun Collocations

 2) PRICES: Collocations

3) 'Debt Collocations', which I've made with Realtime Board.

If you found it useful you migh also be interested in another post 'Money Idioms' where quite a lot of idioms connected with the topic 'money' are explained and illustrated by examples.

Sources:
1. M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell. English Collocations in Use.
2. M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell. English Collocations in Use. Advanced.