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to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
HSK 2
to receive
HSK 2
to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward
HSK 4
radio / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
to gather / to collect
HSK 5
earnings / profit
HSK 4
to watch (a TV program)
HSK 3
to take in / income / revenue / CL: 筆|笔, 個|个
HSK 2
to absorb / to assimilate / to ingest / to recruit
HSK 4
to recycle / to reclaim / to retrieve / to recover / to recall (a defective product)
HSK 5
to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 5
to regain / to retake / to take back / to withdraw / to revoke
HSK 4
to buy; to purchase; to procure
HSK 5
to receive / to collect
HSK 6
ratings (of a TV show)
HSK 7-9
to charge a fee
HSK 3
to collect or retrieve a corpse (for burial or cremation); to claim a body
to listen to (a radio broadcast)
HSK 3
to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark / a collection
HSK 6
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption
HSK 6
to reap a bumper harvest
HSK 5
(saying) you reap what you sow
to confiscate; to seize
HSK 6
reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate
HSK 6
harvest season / autumn
average income
to increase revenue / to increase income by (x amount) / to levy (a surcharge, tax increase etc) / (of a school) to have an increased student intake
HSK 7-9
to check sth and accept it
cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure
HSK 7-9
to harvest / to reap / to gather in crops
to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable)
spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting
to inspect and accept / acceptance
HSK 7-9
final part of a go game (see 官子) / endgame / to finish up / to come to the final stage
recyclable
to receive payment
to pull back / to shrink / to contract / (physiology) systole
HSK 7-9
to concentrate on the task / to curb one's evil instincts
to levy (a tax) / to expropriate
HSK 7-9
to hire / to recruit
HSK 7-9
taxation
HSK 7-9
to recover (lost territory etc) / to recapture
HSK 7-9
to accept / to receive
low income
to stop; to pull back
receipt / CL: 張|张
HSK 7-9
to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish / to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge
HSK 7-9
mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
recipient (of mail) / To: (email header)
to sign to acknowledge receipt of sth (e.g. a delivery or document)
cash register / check out counter
to accept without question / to take sth at face value
(knitting, basket weaving etc) to cast off; to bind / (of a wound) to close up; to heal
temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center
takeover bid
to urge sb to provide sth / (esp.) to press (for payment of a debt); debt collection
to subdue / to force to capitulate / to reduce to submission / to soothe
to reject / to refuse to accept
to receive / to accept
measures of national income and output
both fame and fortune (idiom) / both virtue and reward
monthly income
inbox
harvester (machine)
to generate revenue; to create extra income
to constrict / to draw tight / to gather (one's thoughts) / to bring to a close / to pack (for a journey)
to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over
balance of payments
annual income
to purchase; to buy / to bribe; to buy off
HSK 7-9
to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect / to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc) / to assemble (a party of persons) / to rope in (some people)
collect on delivery (COD)
(wireless) reception
to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care
HSK 7-9
to receive sth on another's behalf
harvest
net income / net profit
closing price (of share, commodity etc)
to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept
fixed income
receiver
a collector (e.g. of artworks)
sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
combine (i.e. combine harvester)
revenue
recycling center; waste materials collection depot / (computing) recycle bin
break-even point
sales / income / revenue
to accept (a favor) / to receive
nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
(literary) to receive and understand the contents of (a letter)
to include (in a collection) / to put together (stories, poems etc) / to record / to employ / to recruit
to receive for storage / delivery of goods / to gather and store / to store safely / safe keeping
midwife
not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
incorporating diverse things (idiom) / eclectic / all-embracing
to receive payment; to collect money
to draw in one's belly; to tighten the abdominal muscles
total profit / aggregate return

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