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
- noun A request for payment, listing what is owed for goods or services.
- noun A proposed law presented to a legislature for debate and approval.
- noun A piece of paper currency.
- noun The beak of a bird.
- verb To send someone an invoice for money owed.
cash — full definition
- noun Physical money — banknotes and coins — rather than cheques or card payments.
- noun Money in general, including funds that are readily available.
- verb To exchange a cheque for its equivalent in money.