lãi
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Definition
- Noun:
- Profit: The financial gain obtained when the amount earned from a business or investment exceeds the amount spent.
- Interest: The charge for borrowing money, typically expressed as an annual percentage rate, or the money earned on deposited funds.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Profit):
- Cửa hàng này kinh doanh có lãi. (This shop operates at a profit.)
- Mặt hàng đó bán được rất nhiều lãi. (That product sells for a lot of profit.)
- Noun (Interest):
- Ngân hàng trả lãi cho tiền tiết kiệm. (The bank pays interest on savings.)
- Khoản vay có lãi suất rất cao. (The loan has a very high interest rate.)
Advanced Usage
- "lãi kép": compound interest.
- Tiền của bạn sẽ tăng nhanh nhờ lãi kép. (Your money will grow quickly due to compound interest.)
- "lãi suất": interest rate.
- Lãi suất thế chấp đã tăng. (The mortgage interest rate has increased.)
- "cho vay nặng lãi": to lend at usury/to loan with exorbitant interest.
- Luật pháp cấm cho vay nặng lãi. (The law prohibits lending at usury.)
Variants and Related Words
- Có lãi (adj): profitable.
- Dự án này rất có lãi. (This project is very profitable.)
- Lỗ lãi (n): profit and loss.
- Báo cáo lỗ lãi của công ty. (The company's profit and loss report.)
Synonyms
- Profit: gain, return, earnings.
- Interest: finance charge, yield.
Related Idioms
- Một vốn bốn lãi: Literally "one capital, four profits"; meaning a highly profitable return on investment.
- Công việc kinh doanh đúng là một vốn bốn lãi. (The business is truly highly profitable.)
- Lãi mẹ đẻ lãi con: Literally "the principal interest gives birth to interest"; refers to compound interest where interest earns more interest.
- Tiết kiệm sớm để hưởng lãi mẹ đẻ lãi con. (Save early to benefit from compound interest.)
noun
- profit; interest