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Definitions
- 1. to receive
- 2. to accept
- 3. to collect
- 4. to put away
- 5. to restrain
- 6. to stop
- 7. in care of (used on address line after name)
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 收
foreign exchange collection (finance)
cash register
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)
low income
nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
to receive payment
average income
to purchase
to recover (lost territory etc)
fixed income
not expecting any reward
to check sth and accept it
to pull back
to urge sb to provide sth
to take in
receiving party
(knitting, basket weaving etc) to cast off; to bind
earnings rate
checkout counter
(idiom) to quit while one is ahead; to know when to stop
transceiver
telegraph receiver
to take as a concubine
harvest
to harvest
(slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career
sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
break-even point
measures of national income and output
to recover lost territory
temporary shelter
received in full (goods, payment)
receiver
collect on delivery (COD)
cash flow
monthly income
closing price (of share, commodity etc)
to stop work for the day (generally of laborers)
receipt
ticket collector
lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
delivery box
(commerce) to have received (goods, money)
to receive mail
to collect tax
a collector (e.g. of artworks)
to draw in one's claws
the final work in the career of a composer, film director or architect etc
to accept without question
to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark
garbage collection point
(finance) yield to maturity (YTM)
recovery ratio
management buyout (MBO)
taxation
see 失之東隅，收之桑榆|失之东隅，收之桑榆[shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú]
(wireless) reception
revenue anticipation note (RAN, financing)
to receive
prepayment
combine (i.e. combine harvester)
systolic blood pressure
the end
convergent sequence (math.)
to take in the whole scene at once; to have a panoramic view
salvage station
(of a sum of money etc) receivable
reception (of transmitted signal)
to accept
to charge different prices according to the situation
to receive
mail room
to incorporate into one's troops
convergent series (math.)
to tighten up (restrictions etc)
harvest season
to rush to conclude a matter
benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
to absorb
takeover bid
to collect words
mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
ratings (of a TV show)
to gather (people)
to regain
to recover (illegally obtained property)
to levy (a tax)
to sign for the acceptance of sth (e.g. a delivery etc)
(Cantonese) to stop talking
to close the market (for the day)
to list
to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care
to accept (a favor)
to reel in (a fishing line etc)
to subdue
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
reaper
to reject
to receive
net income
the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)
not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
checkout counter
incorporating diverse things (idiom)
fall harvest
custody and reeducation (administrative punishment for prostitutes)
to receive and send
receiver sensitivity
receiver (radio)
balance of payments
to receive
to recycle
recyclable
to confiscate
market close
final part of a go game (see 官子[guān zǐ])
disposable income
telegraph operator
to dwindle
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
to yield results
absorbed dose
accounts receivable
to win people's hearts
sales
bumper harvest
water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change
to accept a gift
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
revenue
leveraged buyout (LBO)
gross income
to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood
Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong
recipient (of mail)
to harvest
receipt
time charge
retained earnings
spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
to draw in one's belly; to tighten the abdominal muscles
recipient (of mail or a message)
paid-in capital
harvest festival
rent income (esp. from arable land)
to hire
to charge a fee
Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐[běi qí], compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書|魏书[wèi shū]
gross income
radio-tape recorder
total profit
to include (in a collection)
convergence (math.)
irremediable
in custody
income policy
to constrict
to increase revenue
to watch TV
once it gets started there's no stopping it
to provide a place to stay
systolic blood pressure
both fame and fortune (idiom)
(of a stock on the stock market) to close at (a certain price)
to clear up the mess
(idiom) the sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards
to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom)
optical receiver
inmate
receiver
to draw to oneself
to stop
to receive for storage
(of holidays) to come to an end
to retreat
to receive a radio signal
net receipts
shelter
to inspect and accept
tollbooth
crop failure
to watch (a TV program)
to win the support of
consignee
to receive sth on another's behalf
to imprison
to gather
mail room
inbox
inbox (email)
to concentrate on the task
to purchase (from various places)
earnings
transponder
to wind up
to break even
radio
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
midwife
to put in order
to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
to be impossible to stop once started
to listen to (a radio broadcast)
income account (accountancy)
ratings (of a TV show)
to confiscate land for redistribution (China, 1947-52)
you get what you put in
to generate revenue
annual income