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cobrar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bill noun A request for payment, listing what is owed for goods or services.
  • cash noun Physical money — banknotes and coins — rather than cheques or card payments.
  • charge noun An amount of money asked for a service or product.
  • collect verb To gather things together, often systematically.
  • make verb To create, produce, or build something.

Senses

cobrar is used for these senses in English:

  • bill (transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.
  • cash (transitive) To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.
  • cash in (figurative, often, followed by on) To profit from something; to take advantage of an opportunity in order to profit, especially financially; to capitalize on.
  • charge To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
  • charge (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
  • charge To call to account; to challenge.
  • collect (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
  • make (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

bill — full definition

  1. noun A request for payment, listing what is owed for goods or services.
  2. noun A proposed law presented to a legislature for debate and approval.
  3. noun A piece of paper currency.
  4. noun The beak of a bird.
  5. verb To send someone an invoice for money owed.

cash — full definition

  1. noun Physical money — banknotes and coins — rather than cheques or card payments.
  2. noun Money in general, including funds that are readily available.
  3. verb To exchange a cheque for its equivalent in money.

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