#Collocations are words that go together in a certain language. All of the words above collocate with the word money. Let’s take a look at their meanings.
- to fork out money – To unwillingly pay an amount of money.
- Fork out some money for the drinks!
- to sink money into – to spend or invest a large amount of money on something.
- She sank all her money into that new car.
- to extort money – to obtain money for force or threat
- The gang has been found guilty of extorting money from the local shops.
- to funnel money – to send money directly and intentionally to someone or some place.
- The Managing Director funneled money from the business to his closest friends.
- to hoard money – to collect large amounts of money and keep it for yourself.
- It was quite common for WWII victims to hoard money at home since a lot of their money was taken from them unwillingly during the war.
- to squander money – to waste a large amount of money
- Betting on games is the quickest way to squander your money, especially if you do not know how it works.
- to shell out money – to pay money for something, especially when it is unexpected or not wanted.
- The government shelled out money for vaccines that can not be used.
- to siphon off – to dishonestly take money from someone or something.
- She lost her job when they found out she was siphoning money from the community resources.
- to pay out money – to pay a lot of money to someone
- The company was forced to pay out money to the client because they didn’t want to go to court.
- to withdraw money – to take money out
- I will withdraw the money from the cash machine later this afternoon so I have cash for the dinner.
