Fill in the Blanks Upper intermediate 3 - Unit 8 - Lesson 4Online version Fill in the blanks by Maria Noel Casella 1 interest instalment principal equity asset cashflow venture mortgage administration business bankruptcy angel 1 . Customers not paying on time often leads to problems . 2 . Our state - of - the art machinery is our major . 3 . The rate on the loan was 12% . 4 . They could not pay their debts and faced . 5 . Sorbet has gone into with debts of about £20 million . 6 . The finance a company raises from issuing shares rather than taking out loans is known as capital . 7 . The is the original amount of a loan , not including any interest charged . 8 . A / An is a particular type of loan for the purchase of property . 9 . If a company defaults on a loan , it means they miss a / an . 10 . Money lent to start - up businesses is known as risk or capital . 11 . An investor in a business venture , especially one in its early stages , is an / a .