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。
passive: are expecting a payout
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。
- receive a payout
- insurance payout
- lottery payout
- dividend payout
- pension payout
- lump-sum payout
- 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。
payout as subject: the payout went ahead
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。
prepositional: following the payout
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。
passive: payouts were made to [group]
- delay the payout
- oversee the payout
- handle the payout
- approve the payout
- speed up the payout
- 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.
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- payout scheme
- payout policy
- payout ratio
介系詞搭配
- payout to
- payout of
- payout from