muni

/ˈmyü-nē/ (ame, mw)

muni — noun

1. a short, informal name for something run by a city or town government, most ofte

1.名詞C1
釋義

a short, informal name for something run by a city or town government, most often a public transit system or a municipal bond bought as an investment.

例句

Paloma takes the muni from her apartment to her office downtown every morning.

the muni = city-run public transit

Tendai bought a few munis last year because the interest is tax-free.

muni = municipal bond, often plural in finance

同義詞
  • municipal bond

    the full term used in formal financial writing

  • city bus

    everyday word for the transit sense in places where the system is not called 'muni'

  • public transit

    broader term covering buses, trains, and trams run by a city

文法句型

the muni

muni + noun

用法筆記

Almost always appears with the definite article ('the muni') for transit, or in the plural ('munis') for bonds. Outside these two contexts the word is rare; readers usually meet it in San Francisco place-names (the SF Muni) or in financial news.

常見錯誤

❌I work at a muni in the planning office.
✅I work at a municipality in the planning office.
💡'muni' as a standalone word does not mean a city government as an organisation; use 'municipality' for that.
❌Élise bought a muni from the city.
✅Élise bought a muni bond from the city.' or 'Élise bought some munis from the city.
💡singular 'a muni' is unusual for the bond sense; native speakers prefer the plural or add 'bond'.