nancy 2006-7-5 13:50
money的18种说法
Money and Finance
1.Profit is money you gain from selling something, which is more than the money you paid for it. Loss is money you have spent and not got back.
2.Extravagant describes somebody who spends a lot of money. Frugal or economical describes somebody who is careful with money.
3.A current account is a bank account from which you can take money at any time. A deposit account is a bank account which pays you interest if you leave money in it for some time (we can also use the expression savings account or notice account).
4.A loan is money which you borrow to buy something. A mortgage is a special kind of loan used to buy a house over a period of time.
5.To deposit money is to put money into a bank account. To withdraw money is to take money out of a bank account.
6.A wage and a salary are money you receive for doing a job, but wage is usually paid daily or weekly and a salary is usually paid monthly.
7.If you are broke, you have no money. It is an informal expression. If you are bankrupt, you are not able to pay back money you have borrowed. It is a very serious financial situation for somebody to be in.
8.In the UK, shares are one of the many equal parts into which a company’s capital is divided. People who buy them are called shareholders. Stocks are shares which are issued by the government. Dividends are parts of a company’s profit shared out among the shareholders.
9.Income tax is a tax on money earned as wages or salary. Excise duty is a tax on certain goods produced in a country, such as cigarettes or alcohol.
10.To credit somebody’s bank account is to put money into the account. To debit somebody’s bank account is to take money out. In the UK, many people pay for bills, etc… using a system called “direct debit”, where money is taken directly from their account by the company providing the goods or service.
11.Traditionally a bank is a business organization which keeps money for customers and pays it out on demand or lends them money, and a building society is more usually associated with saving money or lending people money to buy houses.
12.A discount is the percentage by which a full price is reduced to a buyer by the seller. A refund is money paid back when, for example, returning something to a shop.
13.A bargain is something bought more cheaply than usual. Something which is overpriced is too expensive. Something which is exorbitant costs much more than its true value.
14.A worthless object is something which has no value. A priceless object is an extremely valuable object.
15.If you save money, you put it to one side so that you can use it later. If you invest money, you put it into property, shares, etc…so that it will increase in value.
16.Inflation is a state of economy where prices and wages increase. Deflation is a reduction of economic activity.
17.Income is the money you receive. Expenditure is the money you spend.
18.If you lend money, you let someone use your money for a certain period of time. If you borrow money from someone, you take money for a time, usually paying interest.
webster 2006-7-6 02:46
this is all about money , not nicknames of money.;P
nancy 2006-7-7 20:51
Other names of money
钱的11种表达方式
常用expense来表示一切“费用”。其实expense主要是“花费”、“开支”之意，如current expenses“日常开支”，selling expenses“销售费用”，travelling expenses“旅费”等等。在现实生活中，各种“费用”有各种不同的表达法:
一、admission (n.)指入场费。
如：admission by ticket only凭票入场
二、charge (n.)“原价、要价”。
常用复数，主要用于一次性劳务所收取的费用，如服务费、行李超重费、旅馆费等等。
如：What are the charges in the hotel?
这家旅馆收费多少？
三、cost (n.)本义为“成本”、“原价”。
常常用来表示对已取得的货物或劳务所支付的费用。
如：The cost of seeing a movie is seven dollars.看一场电影要花七美元。
四、fare (n.)指旅客乘公共汽车、出租车、火车、轮船、飞机等所支付的费用。
如：All fares, please.
(公共汽车售票员用语)请买票。
五、fee (n.)医生、律师或其它专门职业的佣金及会费、手续费、停车费等。
如：My lawyer's hourly fee is 130 dollars.
我的律师的佣金是每小时130美元。
六、freight (n.)运费，指海运、空运、陆运的费用。
如：Who will pay the freight on this order?
谁支付这批定货的运费？
七、postage (n.)指邮费。
如：How much postage do I need to send this package?寄这个包裹须付多少钱？
八、rent (n. )土地、建筑物、房舍、机器等定期的租费。
如：The student owed three months’rent for my house.那学生欠我三个月的房租。
九、tip (n.)小费。
如：I gave my barber a fat tip.
我给理发师优厚的小费。
十、toll (n.)道路、桥梁、港口、市场的捐税、通行费及电话费等。
如：This month I had to pay 200 yuan toll call.这个月我要缴200元的电话费。
十一、tuition (n.)学费。
如：John took out a loan to pay his tuition.
约翰贷款交付学费。