兑付 (duì fù) — to cash (a check, draft, bond, etc.); to honor (a financial instrument) by paying the stated amount

Definition

Formal financial/banking term for honoring and paying out a check, draft, or bond. Use it in transactions and banking contexts, not for everyday 'paying' (付).

verb
to cash (a check, draft, bond, etc.)to honor (a financial instrument) by paying the stated amount

Examples

  • 兑付。
    Zhè zhāng zhī piào míng tiān cái néng duì fù.
    This check can only be cashed tomorrow.
  • 兑付。
    Yín háng fù zé duì fù dào qī de guó zhài.
    The bank is responsible for cashing matured government bonds.
  • 兑付。
    Qǐng xié dài shēn fèn zhèng dào guì tái bàn lǐ duì fù shǒu xù.
    Please bring your ID to the counter to go through the cashing procedure.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

兑duìexchange
付fùpay

兑 means exchange or cash, 付 means pay; together it means cashing and paying out.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 兌; 兑 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 兌 combines 人, 口, and 八, showing a person's mouth with marks above, read as speech or as a smiling mouth. The simplified 兑 is not the form described here.

Open 兑 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

付 pairs 亻 (person) with 又 (hand), showing a person handing something to someone.

Open 付 →

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