day 142taxes and shares

taxes and shares

Talk about taxes, market share, cash flow and profit-sharing in a business deal, using 别看…… and 无A可B.

today’s words

• 税收 shuìshōu · tax revenue
• 税务 shuìwù · tax affairs, taxation
• 纳税 nàshuì · to pay taxes
• 纳税人 nàshuìrén · taxpayer
• 缴 jiǎo · to pay (a fee); to hand over
• 缴纳 jiǎonà · to pay (formally)
• 交纳 jiāonà · to pay (fees, dues)
• 征收 zhēngshōu · to levy, collect (taxes)
• 减免 jiǎnmiǎn · to reduce or waive (taxes, fees)
• 高额 gāo'é · high (amount), large
• 巨额 jù'é · huge (sum)
• 额度 édù · quota, limit (of money)
• 份额 fèn'é · share (of a market)
• 分成 fēnchéng · to split (profits) by percentage
• 巨头 jùtóu · giant (company), magnate
• 投机 tóujī · to speculate; opportunistic
• 周转 zhōuzhuǎn · to turn over (funds); cash flow
• 冻结 dòngjié · to freeze (assets, talks)
• 折合 zhéhé · to convert into, amount to
• 换取 huànqǔ · to get in exchange for
• 挂钩 guàgōu · to link (to), tie in with; hook
• 网点 wǎngdiǎn · outlet, branch (of a network)
• 连锁 liánsuǒ · chain (stores); chain (reaction)
• 造价 zàojià · cost (of building, making)
• 高昂 gāo'áng · high (costs); high-spirited
• 收支 shōuzhī · income and expenses
• 调控 tiáokòng · to regulate, control (the economy)

sentences

• 别看这家公司小，市场份额可不小。 · The company may look small, but its market share is anything but.
• 公司最近资金周转不开，仓库里的货却过剩了。 · The company has had cash-flow problems lately, while there’s a surplus of goods in the warehouse.
• 我们的收入跟你们的效益挂钩。 · Our income is linked to your returns.
• 小企业可以减免一部分税，这对公司盈利很有帮助。 · Small businesses can get part of their tax reduced or waived, which really helps them turn a profit.
• 事实摆在眼前，他无话可说。 · With the facts right in front of him, he had nothing to say.