a printed form that you can write on and sign as a way of paying for something instead of using money 支票 Can I write you a cheque? 我可以給你開支票嗎? Shall I make the cheque out to you? 支票擡頭寫你的名字嗎? to cash a cheque (= to get or give money for a cheque) 兌現支票 - cheque for…
a cheque for £50 一張 50 英鎊的支票 - by cheque
to pay by cheque 用支票支付 We no longer accept payment by cheque. 我們不再接受支票付款。
Collocationssee also blank cheque, certified cheque, pay cheque, thirteenth cheque, traveller’s chequeFinance 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
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb1, Moneyb1Cheques should be made payable to Toyland plc. 支票的擡頭人應是 Toyland plc。 Does the restaurant accept cheques? 這家餐館接受支票嗎? He bounced three cheques last month. 上個月他退回了 3 張支票。 He drew a large cheque on his company's account. 他用支票從公司賬戶中取了一大筆錢。 He was fired for passing bad cheques. 他因承兌空頭支票被開除。 I need to go to the bank to pay this cheque in. 我得去銀行存這張支票。 I'll cash a cheque at the bank. 我要到銀行兌現一張支票。 She deposited the cheque in her husband's account. 她把支票存入她丈夫的賬戶。 The cheque will bounce if your salary doesn't reach your account today. 如果你的工資今天未能存入你的賬戶,支票將被拒付。 They presented a cheque for $500 000 to the Red Cross. 他們交給紅十字會一張 50 萬美元的支票。 a cheque for ten pounds 一張10英鎊的支票
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- fat
- large
- …
- issue
- make out
- sign
- …
- bounce
- clear
- account
- card
- guarantee card
- …
- cheque for
Word Originearly 18th cent. (originally denoting a counterfoil, or a form with a counterfoil): variant of check ‘to examine something for accuracy’, in the sense ‘device for checking the amount of an item’.