ăn lãi
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Definition
- Verb:
- To make a profit: To gain a financial advantage, especially from a business transaction or investment, where the amount earned exceeds the cost.
- To earn interest: To receive payment as interest from lending money or depositing funds in an account.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cửa hàng đó ăn lãi rất cao từ việc bán hàng nhập khẩu. (That store makes a very high profit from selling imported goods.)
- Gửi tiền tiết kiệm để ăn lãi hàng tháng. (Deposit savings to earn interest every month.)
- Anh ta kinh doanh bất động sản chủ yếu để ăn lãi. (He deals in real estate primarily to make a profit.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often implies a calculated or expected gain from a commercial or financial activity. It can carry a neutral or slightly negative connotation, suggesting profiteering, depending on context.
- "ăn lãi cắt cổ": to make an exorbitant/usurious profit; to profiteer.
- Một số người buôn bán thiết yếu phẩm để ăn lãi cắt cổ trong mùa dịch. (Some people trade in essential goods to make exorbitant profits during the pandemic season.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hưởng lãi (v): to enjoy/profit from interest. A more formal variant.
- Nhà đầu tư hưởng lãi từ cổ phiếu. (The investor profits from stocks.)
- Kiếm lời (v): to earn a profit. A common synonym focusing on the action of obtaining profit.
- Mục đích của kinh doanh là kiếm lời. (The purpose of business is to earn a profit.)
Synonyms
- To profit: To obtain a financial advantage or benefit.
- To gain: To obtain or secure something of value, especially money.
- To earn interest: To receive money paid at a particular rate for the use of lent money.
Related Idioms
- Ăn lãi mẹ đẻ lãi con: Refers to compound interest, where interest earns further interest. Can metaphorically describe profits that rapidly multiply.
- Cứ tái đầu tư thì vốn sẽ ăn lãi mẹ đẻ lãi con. (If you keep reinvesting, the capital will grow through compound interest.)