Gloria C. Mackenzie claimed jackpot and took $370million lump sum - $266million after taxes.
(Gloria C Mackenzieは懸賞くじで大当たりし、2億6600万ドルの税を引かれた3億7000万ドルを一括で受け取った。)
- ちょっと前のニュースより。30年分割で受け取れば税金はかからなかったけれども高齢(84歳)だったので税金で半分近くもってかれても一括受け取りにした、という話。日本語でしかこのニュース見てなくて、レッスン中この話をしようとしたら一括(lump sum)と分割(installment)の単語を全く覚えてなくて、説明するのがとても大変だった。表現としては以前調べたことがあったのに残念だった。
- If I win the lottery, should I ask for a lump sum or installments?
- When you retire you'll get a lump sum of £80,000.
- The bonus is paid out in a lump sum.
- She was given a lump sum when she retired.
- Her divorce settlement included a lump sum of $2 million.
- They're letting me pay for the washing machine by monthly instalments.
- He just paid the last installment of a $20,000 loan.
- We are paying for the computer in installments.
- We paid for the car by/in installments.
- The final installment on the loan is due next week.
- We are paying on installment.
- They were unable to keep up (= continue to pay regularly) the installments.
- installment は新聞・雑誌に連載されているストーリーやテレビシリーズなどの1話のことも指す。(=episode)
- the first instalment of a science fiction trilogy
- The first installment of the five-part series will appear tonight at ten o'clock.