Luyện ngữ pháp - English Collocations in Use - Intermediate - (Unit 8: (Unit 1: Topics: Society and institutions)


Money

Spending money

Here are some verbs which often collocate with money.
collocation meaning example
spend money (on) give money as payment for something Juan spends a lot of money on travelling.
save money keep money for use in the future We’re saving a little money each month to buy a new car next year.
waste/squander money (on) spend money in a bad way; squander is stronger and is only used about large sums of money Sara wasted/squandered all her money on clothes and fast cars.
change money exchange one currency for another, e.g. dollars for euros You can change some money at the airport.
throw money around spend money in an obvious and careless way on unnecessary things If Jim keeps on throwing his money around like that, he soon won’t have any left.
throw money at spend a lot of money, possibly more than necessary, trying to solve a problem The government think they can solve the problem by throwing money at it.
donate money (to) give money to help society in some way The business donates a lot of money each year to charity.
- Lesson 36: Exercise 36.3 - Lesson 37: B. Prices


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