payouts
payouts — 名詞
- payoutssingular
- payoutsesplural
1. a sum of money, usually a large one, that a person or group receives, often as a
大筆款項
一次性收到的大筆金額，如分紅或賠償
a sum of money, usually a large one, that a person or group receives, often as a share of profits, as a prize, or as compensation for a loss
Camille received a payout of nearly two hundred thousand dollars after retiring.
Camille 退休後收到近二十萬美元的大筆款項。
receive + payout + of [amount]
The insurance payout helped Amira rebuild her house after the wildfire destroyed it.
保險理賠金幫助 Amira 在山火燒毀房屋後重建家園。
insurance payout
Minh used his lottery payout to open a small bookshop near the old bridge.
Minh 用他的樂透獎金在老橋附近開了一家小書店。
Shareholders in the shipping group Maersk are expecting a bigger payout this year after record profits.
Maersk 航運集團獲利創新高後，股東們期待今年能拿到更多分紅。
The court in Leeds ordered a payout of sixty thousand pounds to each family affected by the flooding.
里茲法院命令向每戶受水災影響的家庭支付六萬英鎊的賠償金。
- payment
more general; can be any amount, not necessarily large or one-off
- settlement
implies a formal agreement to resolve a dispute or claim
- compensation
specifically for loss, injury, or suffering
- disbursement
formal; emphasises money paid out from a fund or budget
用法筆記
Often refers to a single lump sum rather than regular instalments. Common in business, legal, and insurance contexts.
常見錯誤
2. the action or process of handing over money, especially by a business, governmen
發放；支付
機構付款或分配資金的過程
the action or process of handing over money, especially by a business, government body, or other institution
The board of the Indonesian mining firm delayed the payout of year-end bonuses until the audit was finished.
印尼礦業公司的董事會將年終獎金的發放推遲到審計完成之後。
delay the payout — emphasises the process
A payout of emergency funds was authorised by the Red Cross relief coordinator on Tuesday morning.
紅十字會的救災協調員在週二早上批准了緊急資金的發放。
passive: a payout was authorised
The payout went ahead at noon, and hundreds of workers at the Dhaka factory received their wages by evening.
款項在中午發放完畢，達卡工廠的數百名工人傍晚前便收到了工資。
Following the payout, the state relief agency published a full breakdown of costs on its website.
付款完成後，州救災機構在網站上公布了完整的費用明細。
Payouts were made to all registered claimants under the redundancy scheme by the end of March, as promised.
所有在裁員補助計畫下登記的申請人在三月底前均如期收到了款項。
- disbursement
formal term used in accounting and official finance
- distribution
broader; can refer to goods as well as money
- payment
more general; does not imply a large-scale or institutional action
- withholding
the act of keeping money back rather than paying it out
用法筆記
Subject is usually an institution (company, government, charity). Distinguish from sense 1 (MONEY PAID): this sense describes the process, not the sum itself.