1.
income and expenses; revenue and expenditure; balance
the combined consideration of money coming in (income) and money going out (expenses); used to discuss financial balance
収支のバランスを取る。
To balance income and expenses.
今月の収支は赤字だった。
This month's balance was in the red.
家計の収支を記録している。
I'm keeping a record of our household income and expenses.
FORMATION:
収 (income, taking in) + 支 (expenditure, paying out) → income and outflow
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 収支が合う (to break even)
- 収支トントン (breaking even, neither profit nor loss)
- 収支報告 (financial report)
- 収支決算 (balance of accounts)
TYPES:
- 年間収支 (annual balance)
- 月間収支 (monthly balance)
- 貿易収支 (trade balance)
- 経常収支 (current account balance)
RELATED:
- 収入 (income)
- 支出 (expenditure)
- 黒字 (profit, in the black)
- 赤字 (deficit, in the red)