cash

noun

/kæʃ/

[uncountable]Idioms

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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。
Collocations Finance
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
see also cold cash, hard cash, petty cash
Synonyms money
money
- cash
- change
These are all words for money in the form of coins or paper notes.
- 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？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.
- 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。
Patterns
- to draw out/get out/take out/withdraw money/cash
- ready money/cash (= money that you have available to spend immediately)
- I 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。
Topics Shoppinga2, Moneya2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- cold
- hard
- ready
- …
verb + cash
- pay
- pay in
- hold
- …
cash + noun
- desk
- drawer
- dispenser
- …
preposition
- in cash
phrases
- 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。
see also e-cash
- The 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！
Topics Moneyb1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- ready
- spare
- quick
- …
verb + cash
- generate
- raise
- be short of
- …
cash + noun
- holdings
- reserves
- resources
- …

词源late 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

(British English, informal) if you pay for goods and services cash in hand, you pay in cash, especially so that the person being paid can avoid paying tax on the amount现金支付（尤指受款人可避税）
- a cash-in-hand payment of £2020英镑的现金付款
Topics Moneyc2, Jobsc2

cash on delivery

(abbreviation COD)
a system of paying for goods when they are delivered货到付款；交货付现