thừa trừ
Definition
- Verb:
- To offset; to compensate; to balance out: To counterbalance or make up for something, so that advantages and disadvantages, or gains and losses, are evened out. It describes a principle of mutual compensation where a surplus in one area balances a deficit in another.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Trong cuộc sống, được cái này thường phải thừa trừ cái kia. (In life, gaining one thing often means something else is offset.)
- Hai bên đã thừa trừ các khoản nợ lẫn nhau. (The two parties offset their mutual debts.)
- Tính toán lợi nhuận phải thừa trừ cả chi phí phát sinh. (Calculating profit must offset all incidental costs.)
Advanced Usage
- Legal/Economic Principle: Often used to describe the principle of compensation or set-off in legal or financial contexts.
- Nguyên tắc thừa trừ được áp dụng trong hợp đồng. (The principle of set-off is applied in the contract.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bù trừ (v): to compensate, to offset. A near-synonym often used in similar contexts.
- Các khoản thu chi được bù trừ cho nhau. (The revenues and expenses were offset against each other.)
Synonyms
- Offset: To counterbalance or compensate for.
- Compensate: To make up for something.
- Balance out: To become equal in amount or effect.
Related Idioms
- Được cái này, thừa trừ cái kia: Literally "to gain this, to offset that"; similar to the English idiom "you win some, you lose some," implying a natural balance or trade-off in life.
- Công việc lương cao nhưng áp lực lớn, đúng là được cái này thừa trừ cái kia. (The job has a high salary but great pressure; it's truly a case of you win some, you lose some.)