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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
money
1 money
2 looking after your money
3 getting and having money
4 spending money
5 making your money increase
6 giving or providing money
money paid as a punishment PUNISH
see also BUY, SELL, BORROW/LEND, BET, TAX, ECONOMY
1 money
- the means of paying for sth or buying sth: money (noun U)
- connected with money: financial (adverb financially)
financial difficulties/considerations
- money which you can carry in your hand: cash (noun U)
- a piece of money made of metal: coin; a piece of money made of paper: note (AmE bill)
a ※£20 note ◎ a dollar bill
- coins of low value: change (noun U)
Do you have any change for the phone?
- the money of a particular country: currency (noun C/U)
a single European currency ◎ foreign currency
※ British money
- British money: one penny (p) x 100 = one pound (※£)
- the system of money used in Britain: sterling (noun U)
the pound sterling| AMOUNT | COIN/NOTE | | 1p: a penny (informal one p) | a penny (informal a one-p piece) | | 2p: two pence (informal two p) | a two-pence piece (informal a two-p piece) | | ※£1: a pound (informal a quid) | a pound | | ※£5: five pounds (informal five quid) | a five-pound note (informal a fiver) | | ※£10: ten pounds (informal ten quid) | a ten-pound note (informal a tenner) | | ※£2.55: two pounds fifty-five pence/p (informal two fifty-five) | | ※ American money
- US money: one cent (c) x 100 = one dollar ($)| AMOUNT | COIN/NOTE | | 1c: one cent | a penny | | 5c: five cents | a nickel | | 10c: ten cents | a dime | | 25c: twenty-five cents | a quarter | | $1.00: one dollar (informal a buck) | a dollar bill | | $10.00: ten dollars (informal ten bucks) | a ten-dollar bill |
2 looking after your money
- people often carry their money in a purse or (normally for banknotes and credit cards) a wallet (AmE billfold, pocket book)
- a strong box or small room in which money is kept so that it will not be stolen: safe
- an organization which keeps money safely for its customers: bank
- the arrangement by which a bank looks after your money: (bank) account
※ more on banks BANK
- a record of all the money that a person or business spends or receives: accounts (noun plural)
I spent all this morning doing my accounts. ◎ to check the accounts
- a person who keeps accounts, advises on tax, etc: accountant
- a person who looks after the money in a club, organization, etc: treasurer
- a person who looks after the money in a college, university, etc: bursar
3 getting and having money
- money that you get regularly for work you have done: pay (noun U)
- the amount that you are paid in a week/month/year: income (noun U), (formal) earnings (noun plural)
- to get money by working: earn sth, make* money
She earns about ※£30 000 a year. ◎ We don't make a lot of money in this business.
- money that is spent for a particular purpose, especially while doing your job: expenses (noun plural)
travel/medical expenses ◎ I'll be able to claim expenses.
※ more on money that you get for the work you do PAY
- the amount of money sb has to live or to do sth: means (noun plural)
a man of limited means
- having very little money and a low standard of living: poor; (noun U): poverty
- having a lot of money or property; not poor: rich, wealthy; noun (U): wealth
※ more on being rich and poor RICH, POOR
- a strong desire for more money, possessions, etc than you really need: greed (noun U); adjective: greedy
4 spending money
- to use your money to buy sth: spend* (money) (on sth)
How much do you spend on food each week? ◎ If you go on spending like that, you'll soon have nothing left.
- the act of spending or using money; the amount that is spent: (formal) expenditure (noun U/singular)
reduced expenditure on school text books ◎ an expenditure of over ※£100
- money that is spent in a particular way: spending (noun U)
We plan to increase spending on roads. ◎ consumer spending
- the amount of money you have to pay to buy sth: price (noun C/U)
- the amount of money you have to pay for services such as electricity: cost (noun U)
- how great the cost of sth is: expense (noun C/U)
Running a car is a great expense. ◎ at great/little/no expense
※ more on prices PRICE
- to give sb money for sth you want to buy: pay* (sb) (some money) (for sth); the act of paying for sth: payment (noun U); the amount that you pay for sth: payment
to pay for sth by cheque/credit card/postal order ◎ When do you want me to pay you for the flowers you bought? ◎ payment in cash
- the money that you get back if you pay more than the amount sth costs: change (noun U)
※ more on paying PAY
- an amount of money that you owe sb: debt
※ more on debts DEBT
※ having enough money
- if you have enough money to be able to buy or do sth, you can afford sth
- if you manage not to spend more money than you can afford, you make* ends meet
However careful I am, I just can't make ends meet.
- if you always spend more than you can afford, you live beyond your means
※ spending a lot of money
- spending too much money: extravagance (noun U); a person who likes spending a lot of money on things they do not really need is extravagant
If you carry on with such extravagance, you'll be broke in no time.
- to spend too much money: (informal) throw* your money about/around, (informal) spend* money like water
- to spend a lot of money on sth that you do not really need: (informal) splash out (on sth), blow* sth on sth
She's blown all her week's wages on a new pair of shoes.
※ spending money with care
- to avoid spending money, so that it can be used for sth later: save (sth)
He's trying to save ※£10 a week.
- to save for a particular purpose: save up (for sth), put* sth aside/by (for sth)
We're saving up for a new car. ◎ Her grandparents had put some money by for her wedding.
- money that you have saved for future use: savings (noun plural)
- to use as little money as possible: economize (on sth)
Try to economize on fuel.
- to use less money than usual: cut* back (on sth)
Money is tight - we're having to cut back.
- to plan carefully how much money to spend on sth: budget (sth) for sth; a plan of how you will spend money: budget
Don't forget to budget for possible increased costs. ◎ 'How much will you spend on new furniture?' 'We've budgeted ※£1 500.' ◎ Our total budget for the new sports ground is ※£100 000.
5 making your money increase
- to put money in the bank or into a business so as to make a profit: invest (sth) (in sth); noun (U): investment
Huge sums of money have been invested in the Channel Tunnel project.
- an amount of money that has been put in a business: investment
to make an investment in sth
- the money that you earn from investments or that you pay for borrowing money: interest (on sth) (noun U)
Money in this account will earn 6% interest. ◎ high interest rates
※ more on investment BUSINESS
6 giving or providing money
- money given in church: collection
She put a pound in the collection.
- money given to children by their parents: pocket money (noun U)
- money given to a former husband or wife after a divorce: alimony (noun U)
- money given to support a child or former wife or husband: maintenance (noun U)
- money given to help pay for a student at college: scholarship, grant
- money given in return for helping the police, finding sth that was lost, etc: reward
- a person who dislikes giving or spending money is mean, stingy; the quality of being mean: meanness (noun U)
- a person who is willing to give more money, help, etc than is usual or necessary is generous; the quality of being generous: generosity (noun U)
※ giving money or other things to people so as to please them or help them GIVE
- to provide money for a particular purpose: fund sth, finance sth
The government is refusing to fund the new bridge.
- a sum of money that is collected or available for a particular purpose: fund
I agreed to contribute to the fund for cancer relief.
- to obtain money for a particular purpose: raise money (for sth)
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- the side of a coin with the head of a person on it: heads (noun plural); the other side: tails (noun plural)
- to throw a coin in the air to see which side it lands on: toss (up) (for sth), spin* a coin
Let's toss for it: heads or tails?
- when a child saves money, he/she might put it in a piggy bankmoney box
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