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Money has different names

In temple or church, it’s called donation.

In school, it’s fee.

In marriage, it’s called dowry.

In divorce, alimony.

When you owe someone, it’s debt.

When you pay the government, it’s tax.

In court, it’s fines.

Civil servant retirees, it’s pension.

Employer to workers, it’s salary.

Master to subordinates, it’s wages.

To children, it’s allowance.

When you offer after a good service, it’s tips.

To kidnappers, it’s ransom.

Illegally received in the name of service, it’s bribe.

Chú giải:

Donation /dəʊˈneɪʃn/: something that is given to a person or an organization such as a charity, in order to help them: quyên góp

Fee /fiː/: an amount of money that you pay for professional advice or services: phí

Dowry /ˈdaʊri/: money and/or property that, in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband when they get married: của hồi môn

Alimony /ˈælɪməni/: the money that a court orders somebody to pay regularly to their former wife, husband or partner when the marriage or civil union is ended: tiền cấp dưỡng

Debt /det/: a sum of money that somebody owes: nợ

Tax /tæks/: money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services: thuế

Fine /faɪn/: a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule: tiền phạt

Pension /ˈpenʃn/: an amount of money paid regularly by a government or company to somebody who has retired from work: tiền lương hưu

Salary /ˈsæləri/: money that employees receive for doing their job, especially professional employees or people working in an office, usually paid every month: tiền lương

Wage /weɪdʒ/: a regular amount of money that you earn, usually every week or every month, for work or services: tiền công

Allowance /əˈlaʊəns/: a small amount of money that parents give their children, usually every week or every month: tiền tiêu vặt

Loan /ləʊn/: money that an organization such as a bank lends and somebody borrows: tiền nợ

Ransom /ˈrænsəm/: money that is paid to somebody so that they will set free a person who is being kept as a prisoner by them: tiền chuộc

Bribe /braɪb/: a sum of money or something valuable that you give or offer to somebody to persuade them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest: tiền hối lộ

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