thuê bao
Definition
- Noun:
- Subscription: A commercial arrangement where a customer pays a recurring fee, typically monthly or annually, for continued access to a service (e.g., telephone, internet, cable TV, a publication).
- Subscriber: The person or entity that holds a subscription. Often used to refer to a customer of a telecommunications or utility service.
- Line / Account: In telecommunications, it can refer to the specific telephone or data line/account associated with a subscriber.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Thuê bao của tôi đã hết hạn. (My subscription has expired.)
- Nhà mạng này có hàng triệu thuê bao. (This network operator has millions of subscribers.)
- Thuê bao di động của anh ấy bị mất tín hiệu. (His mobile line lost signal.)
Advanced Usage
"thuê bao trả trước": prepaid subscription/subscriber.
- Tôi dùng thuê bao trả trước để dễ kiểm soát chi phí. (I use a prepaid subscription to control costs easily.)
"thuê bao cố định": fixed-line subscription/subscriber (e.g., landline).
- Thuê bao cố định ngày càng ít phổ biến. (Fixed-line subscriptions are becoming less common.)
Variants and Related Words
Đăng ký thuê bao (v): to subscribe to a service.
- Chúng tôi đã đăng ký thuê bao internet mới. (We subscribed to a new internet service.)
Hủy thuê bao (v): to cancel a subscription.
- Cô ấy hủy thuê bao tạp chí vì không đọc nữa. (She canceled her magazine subscription because she no longer reads it.)
Synonyms
- Subscription: The service contract itself.
- Subscriber: The customer holding the contract.
- Account: Often used interchangeably in service contexts.
Related Terms
Phí thuê bao: subscription fee.
- Phí thuê bao được tính hàng tháng. (The subscription fee is charged monthly.)
Thuê bao bao cấp: subsidized subscription (often in historical/contextual use).
- Thời bao cấp, thuê bao điện thoại rất hiếm. (During the subsidy period, telephone subscriptions were very rare.)