賞金(しょうきん)

しょうきん
noun
prize money, bounty
1. prize money, cash prize, bounty
Money awarded as a prize for winning a competition, contest, or tournament. Also used for reward money offered for information or the capture of criminals.
優勝(ゆうしょう)賞金(しょうきん)は百万(ひゃくまん)円(えん)だ。
The winner's prize money is one million yen.
賞金(しょうきん)をかけたトーナメントに参加(さんか)した。
I participated in a tournament with prize money at stake.
犯人(はんにん)の情報(じょうほう)に賞金(しょうきん)がかけられた。
A bounty was placed on information about the criminal.

USAGE:
賞金(しょうきん) appears in sports, gaming, contests, and crime contexts. The expression 賞金(しょうきん)をかける means to put up prize money or set a bounty. In fiction, 賞金(しょうきん)稼(かせ)ぎ (bounty hunter) is a well-known term.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 賞金(しょうきん)をかける: to put up prize money / set a bounty
  • 優勝(ゆうしょう)賞金(しょうきん): winning prize money
  • 賞金(しょうきん)総額(そうがく): total prize money
  • 賞金(しょうきん)稼(かせ)ぎ: bounty hunter
  • 賞金(しょうきん)を獲得(かくとく)する: to win prize money
  • 高額(こうがく)賞金(しょうきん): large cash prize
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