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money in the form of coins or notes 现金 
How much cash do you have on you? 你身上带着多少现金？ Customers are offered a 10% discount if they pay cash. 顾客若付现金，可获九折优惠。 a cash payment 现金付款 - in cash
Payments can be made by card or in cash. 用卡或现金付款均可。 The thieves stole £500 in cash. 小偷盗走 500 英镑现金。
Collocationssee also cold cash, hard cash, petty cashFinance Finance 财务 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
在股市上赚钱／赚一大笔钱／发大财 - acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
获得／继承／积累财富／一大笔钱 - build up funds/savings
积累资金／存款 - get/receive/leave (somebody) an inheritance/a legacy
得到／（给某人）留下遗产 - live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
靠低微的工资／固定收入／养老金过活 - get/receive/draw/collect a pension
领取养老金 - depend/be dependent on (British English) benefits/(North American English) welfare/social security
靠福利金／社会保障金过活
Expenditure 开支；支出 - spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
把钱／存款／一大笔钱花在…上 - invest/put your savings in…
投资／把储蓄金用于… - throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
把钱浪费／花费巨资在…上 - lose your money/inheritance/pension
失去钱财／遗产／养老金 - use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
把储蓄用光 - pay (in) cash
用现金支付 - 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；开支票；给某人开支票；接受支票 - change/exchange money/currency
- give/pay/leave (somebody) a deposit
预付（某人）订金
Banks 银行 - have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
持有／开立／注销／冻结银行账户 - credit/debit/pay something into/take money out of your account
记入账户的贷方／借方；把钱存入账户／从账户中取出 - deposit money/funds in your account
往账户里存钱／存入资金 - withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
从自动提款机等取钱／现金／30 英镑 - (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／使用自动提款机 - be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
账面有钱／亏空；有盈余；透支 - use a mobile/an online banking app/platform/service
Personal finance 个人理财 - manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially British English) sort out your finances
管理／处理／计划／经营管理／整顿财务问题 - plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
计划／管理／制订／严格执行预算 - offer/extend credit (to somebody)
（给某人）提供贷款 - arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
商定／获得贷款／透支额 - pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
偿还钱／贷款／债务 - pay for something in (especially British English) instalments/(North American English usually) installments
以分期付款方式购买某物
Financial difficulties 财务困难 - get into debt/financial difficulties
陷入债务／财务困难 - be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
缺钱 - run out of/owe money
钱用光了；欠钱 - face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
面对／收到一张…英镑的账单 - can’t afford the cost of…/payments/rent
承担不起…的费用／款项／房租 - fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
拖欠按揭贷款／分期偿还款项／房租 - incur/run up/accumulate debts
带来／积欠／累积债务 - tackle/reduce/settle your debts
处理／减少／付清债务
Synonyms moneymoney- cash
- change
- money money in the form of coins or paper notes:
I counted the money carefully. 我仔细点过这笔钱。 Where can I change my money into dollars? 什么地方能把我的钱兑换成美元？ paper money (= money that is made of paper, not coins) 纸币
- cash money in the form of coins or paper notes:
How much cash do you have on you? 你身上带着多少现金？ Payments can be made by cheque or in cash. 支票或现金付款均可。
money or cash? 用 money 还是 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. 自动售票机不找零。 I don’t have any small change (= coins of low value). 我没有零钱。
- 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. 我用现金付了账。 The bank should hold enough cash to satisfy customer demand. 银行必须备有足够的现金以满足顾客需求。 We'll have to pay cash for the tickets. 我们得用现金买票。 You can pay by cheque or in cash. 可以用支票或现金付款。
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）金钱，资金 The museum needs to find ways of raising cash. 博物馆需要找到募集资金的途径。 I'm short of cash right now. 我眼下正缺钱。 I'm constantly strapped for cash (= without enough money). 我总是缺钱。 Local schools have been starved of cash for a number of years. 多年来，当地学校一直缺乏现金。 The company is desperate for an injection of cash to ease its debts. 该公司迫切需要注入现金来减轻债务。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1The company is strapped for cash. 公司现在缺钱。 She refused to part with her hard-earned cash. 她拒绝交出辛苦挣来的钱。 a chance to make some quick cash 迅速赚钱的机会 They had a football match to raise cash for the hospital. 他们举行了足球赛为医院筹款。 Imagine having to pay some of my hard-earned cash on a parking fine! 我得用血汗钱来付违章停车罚款，真是不能想象！ I refuse to spend my hard-earned cash on presents! 我拒绝把自己辛辛苦苦赚来的钱花在买礼物上！
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 即付现款；即期付款 to pay for something cash down 用现款支付
cash in hand
cash on delivery
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a system of paying for goods when they are delivered 货到付款；交货付现