-
money in the form of coins or notes 現金 How much cash do you have on you? 你身上帶着多少現金? Customers are offered a 10% discount if they pay cash. 顧客若付現金,可獲九折優惠。 a cash payment 現金付款 - in cash
Payments can be made by card or in cash. 用卡或現金付款均可。 The thieves stole £500 in cash. 小偷盜走 500 英鎊現金。
Collocationssee also cold cash, hard cash, petty cashFinance Finance 財務 Income 收入 - earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune/the minimum wage/a living wage
- make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
在股市上賺錢/賺一大筆錢/發大財 - acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
獲得/繼承/積累財富/一大筆錢 - build up funds/savings
積累資金/存款 - get/receive/leave (somebody) an inheritance/a legacy
得到/(給某人)留下遺産 - live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
靠低微的工資/固定收入/養老金過活 - get/receive/draw/collect a pension
領取養老金 - depend/be dependent on (British English) benefits/(North American English) welfare/social security
靠福利金/社會保障金過活
Expenditure 開支;支出 - spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
把錢/存款/一大筆錢花在…上 - invest/put your savings in…
投資/把儲蓄金用於… - throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
把錢浪費/花費巨資在…上 - lose your money/inheritance/pension
失去錢財/遺産/養老金 - use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
把儲蓄用光 - pay (in) cash
用現金支付 - use/pay by a credit/debit/contactless card
- pay by/make out a/write somebody a/accept a (British English) cheque/(US English) check
用支票支付;開支票;給某人開支票;接受支票 - change/exchange money/currency
- give/pay/leave (somebody) a deposit
預付(某人)訂金
Banks 銀行 - have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
持有/開立/注銷/凍結銀行賬戶 - credit/debit/pay something into/take money out of your account
記入賬戶的貸方/借方;把錢存入賬戶/從賬戶中取出 - deposit money/funds in your account
往賬戶裏存錢/存入資金 - withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
從自動提款機等取錢/現金/30 英鎊 - (formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
存款;取款 - find/go to/use (especially North American English) an ATM/(British English) a cash machine/dispenser
找到/去/使用自動提款機 - be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
賬面有錢/虧空;有盈餘;透支 - use a mobile/an online banking app/platform/service
Personal finance 個人理財 - manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially British English) sort out your finances
管理/處理/計劃/經營管理/整頓財務問題 - plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
計劃/管理/制訂/嚴格執行預算 - offer/extend credit (to somebody)
(給某人)提供貸款 - arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
商定/獲得貸款/透支額 - pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
償還錢/貸款/債務 - pay for something in (especially British English) instalments/(North American English usually) installments
以分期付款方式購買某物
Financial difficulties 財務困難 - get into debt/financial difficulties
陷入債務/財務困難 - be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
缺錢 - run out of/owe money
錢用光了;欠錢 - face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
面對/收到一張…英鎊的賬單 - can’t afford the cost of…/payments/rent
承擔不起…的費用/款項/房租 - fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
拖欠按揭貸款/分期償還款項/房租 - incur/run up/accumulate debts
帶來/積欠/累積債務 - tackle/reduce/settle your debts
處理/減少/付清債務
Synonyms moneymoney- cash
- change
- money money in the form of coins or paper notes:
I counted the money carefully. 我仔細點過這筆錢。 Where can I change my money into dollars? 什麽地方能把我的錢兌換成美元? paper money (= money that is made of paper, not coins) 紙幣
- cash money in the form of coins or paper notes:
How much cash do you have on you? 你身上帶着多少現金? Payments can be made by cheque or in cash. 支票或現金付款均可。
money or cash? If it is important to contrast money in the form of coins and notes and money in other forms, use cash: How much money/cash do you have on you? • Payments can be made by cheque or in money. • Customers are offered a discount if they pay money.用 money 還是 cash? - change the money that you get back when you have paid for something giving more money than the amount it costs; coins rather than paper money:
The ticket machine doesn’t give change. 自動售票機不找零。 I don’t have any small change (= coins of low value). 我沒有零錢。
- to draw out/get out/take out/withdraw money/cash
- ready money/cash (= money that you have available to spend immediately)
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppinga2, Moneya2I paid the bill in cash. 我用現金付了賬。 The bank should hold enough cash to satisfy customer demand. 銀行必須備有足夠的現金以滿足顧客需求。 We'll have to pay cash for the tickets. 我們得用現金買票。 You can pay by cheque or in cash. 可以用支票或現金付款。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cold
- hard
- ready
- …
- pay
- pay in
- hold
- …
- desk
- drawer
- dispenser
- …
- in cash
- cash in hand
- cash on delivery
- (informal)
money in any form (任何形式的)金錢,資金 The museum needs to find ways of raising cash. 博物館需要找到募集資金的途徑。 I'm short of cash right now. 我眼下正缺錢。 I'm constantly strapped for cash (= without enough money). 我總是缺錢。 Local schools have been starved of cash for a number of years. 多年來,當地學校一直缺乏現金。 The company is desperate for an injection of cash to ease its debts. 該公司迫切需要注入現金來減輕債務。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1The company is strapped for cash. 公司現在缺錢。 She refused to part with her hard-earned cash. 她拒絕交出辛苦掙來的錢。 a chance to make some quick cash 迅速賺錢的機會 They had a football match to raise cash for the hospital. 他們舉行了足球賽爲醫院籌款。 Imagine having to pay some of my hard-earned cash on a parking fine! 我得用血汗錢來付違章停車罰款,真是不能想象! I refuse to spend my hard-earned cash on presents! 我拒絕把自己辛辛苦苦賺來的錢花在買禮物上!
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ready
- spare
- quick
- …
- generate
- raise
- be short of
- …
- holdings
- reserves
- resources
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a box for money): from Old French casse or Italian cassa ‘box’, from Latin capsa, related to capere ‘to hold’.
Idioms
cash down (British English)
(also cash up front North American English, British English)
with immediate payment of cash 即付現款;即期付款 to pay for something cash down 用現款支付
cash in hand
cash on delivery
- (abbreviation COD)
a system of paying for goods when they are delivered 貨到付款;交貨付現