tiền cước
Definition
- Noun:
- Freight charge / shipping fee: Money paid for the transportation of goods or cargo.
- Postage / shipping cost: Money paid for sending a letter or parcel via postal or courier services.
- Fare: Money paid for a journey in a vehicle such as a taxi, bus, or rickshaw.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tiền cước vận chuyển hàng hóa rất cao. (The freight charge for transporting the goods is very high.)
- Bạn đã trả tiền cước bưu kiện chưa? (Have you paid the postage for the parcel?)
- Tiền cước taxi từ sân bay về nhà là 300,000 đồng. (The taxi fare from the airport to home is 300,000 dong.)
Advanced Usage
- "tiền cước phát sinh": Additional or incurred freight charges.
- Chúng tôi phải trả thêm tiền cước phát sinh do hàng nặng quá. (We had to pay additional freight charges because the cargo was overweight.)
Variants and Related Words
Cước phí (n): A synonym, also meaning freight charge, postage, or fare.
- Cước phí vận chuyển đã bao gồm thuế. (The shipping fee already includes tax.)
Phí vận chuyển (n): Transportation fee.
- Phí vận chuyển được tính theo trọng lượng. (The transportation fee is calculated by weight.)
Synonyms
- Shipping cost: The price for sending goods.
- Postage: The charge for mailing something.
- Freight: Goods transported in bulk, or the charge for such transport.
- Fare: The money a passenger pays for a trip.
Related Idioms
- "Gánh tiền cước": To bear the shipping cost (often used figuratively to mean bearing an extra burden or cost).
- Công ty phải gánh tiền cước cho lỗi của đối tác. (The company had to bear the freight charge for the partner's mistake.)