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?我可以给你开支票吗？
- Shall I make the cheque out to you?支票抬头写你的名字吗？
- to cash a cheque (= to get or give money for a cheque)兑现支票
- cheque for… a cheque for £50一张 50 英镑的支票
- by cheque to pay by cheque用支票支付
- We no longer accept payment by cheque.我们不再接受支票付款。
Collocations FinanceFinance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 blank cheque, certified cheque, pay cheque, thirteenth cheque, traveller’s chequeExtra Examples- Cheques should be made payable to Toyland plc.支票的抬头人应是 Toyland plc。
- Does the restaurant accept cheques?这家餐馆接受支票吗？
- He bounced three cheques last month.上个月他退回了 3 张支票。
- He drew a large cheque on his company's account.他用支票从公司账户中取了一大笔钱。
- He was fired for passing bad cheques.他因承兑空头支票被开除。
- I need to go to the bank to pay this cheque in.我得去银行存这张支票。
- I'll cash a cheque at the bank.我要到银行兑现一张支票。
- She deposited the cheque in her husband's account.她把支票存入她丈夫的账户。
- The cheque will bounce if your salary doesn't reach your account today.如果你的工资今天未能存入你的账户，支票将被拒付。
- They presented a cheque for $500 000 to the Red Cross.他们交给红十字会一张 50 万美元的支票。
- a cheque for ten pounds一张10英镑的支票
Topics Shoppingb1, Moneyb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + cheque/checkcheque/check + verbcheque/check + noun- account
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prepositionSee full entry 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’.
