Money & Finance

Phrasal verbs for financial matters

简介

钱让世界运转，短语动词帮我们聊钱的事。我们为大件"save up（攒钱）"，"pay off（还清）"债务，祈祷资金不要"run out（花光）"，偶尔还会被坑人的交易"rip off（宰一刀）"。

这一章讲的是个人财务相关的短语动词：赚钱、花钱、存钱，以及钱在我们生活中进进出出的各种方式。

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本章全部短语动词（69）

• pay off To finish paying a debt or to be successful
• save up To accumulate money over time
• rip off To charge too much or cheat someone
• fork out To pay reluctantly for something
• cough up To reluctantly pay money
• splash out To spend money extravagantly
• cut down on To reduce spending or consumption
• shell out To pay money, often reluctantly
• come into To inherit money or property
• live off To survive using a particular source of income
• run up To accumulate debts or bills
• dip into To use part of a sum of money saved
• bail out To rescue someone financially
• set aside To save money for a particular purpose
• fork over To hand over money reluctantly
• add up To calculate a total; to make sense
• chip in To contribute money; to interrupt with a comment
• cash in To exchange for money; to take advantage
• eat into To gradually reduce savings or resources
• snap up To buy something quickly before others can
• tide over To help someone through a difficult financial period
• rack up To accumulate large amounts
• buy out To purchase someone's share of a business
• write off To cancel a debt; to damage beyond repair
• pay back To return money owed; to get revenge
• put by To save money for the future
• come to To amount to a total
• take out To obtain a loan or insurance
• owe back To be in debt to someone
• scrape together To gather with difficulty
• set back To cost someone money
• pay up To pay what is owed
• stump up To pay money required
• put aside To save for the future
• pay out To distribute money
• pay in To deposit money
• pay into To contribute to a fund
• dish out To distribute money
• blow To waste money
• pour into To invest heavily
• plough into To invest heavily
• put into To invest
• sink into To invest (often losing)
• lay out To spend money
• put away To save money
• squirrel away To hide savings
• salt away To save secretly
• sock away To save money
• live on To survive with limited income
• scrape by To barely manage financially
• make do To manage with less
• eke out To make money last
• club together To pool resources
• split up To divide costs
• divvy up To divide money
• settle up To pay final amount
• square up To settle accounts
• cash out To withdraw
• sell off To sell assets
• buy up To purchase all available
• pick up To pay the bill
• clean out To take all money
• mark up To increase price
• mark down To reduce price
• bring down To reduce price
• jack up To increase price sharply
• bump up To increase slightly
• come down For price to reduce
• come in To cost a total