We've been living on just one salary since Mick got laid off, so we're finding it hard TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
= to spend less money than usual
The ATM just spat out my card. I seem TO BE IN THE RED again.
= to earn money easily, and even dishonestly
The Keenes do all their own home repairs and renovation because they don't want TO PAY THROUGH THE NOSE for that kind of work.
Cameron is always trying TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK instead of getting a steady job and working for a living.
= to be overdrawn at the bank
= to pay too much for something unnecessarily
= to be very expensive
= to put money aside for the future
Ellie and Joe are inviting over two hundred guests to their wedding in the Caribbean. It's going TO COST AN ARM AND A LEG!
There's no need TO SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY when you're in your nineties.
They're raising the rent by 100 dollars next month. Looks like we'll have TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS.
= to have enough money to pay the bills
