winnings
賞金
解説 Definition
winnings は winning（勝利、獲得）に由来する複数形の名詞で、賞金や勝って得た金という意味です。くじ、競技、賭け事などで得た金額を指すときに使います。
Money or prizes obtained by winning a competition, lottery, or bet. The plural form commonly refers collectively to the total amount that a person or team has won.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
win「勝つ・勝ち取る」に、結果や得たものを表す -ing と複数語尾 -s が付いた形です。形は複数でも、賞金・賭け金など「勝って得た金の総額」をまとめて指します。donate one’s winnings、share the winnings、save most of one’s winnings のまとまりで覚えましょう。
Connect winnings directly with win: they are the money or prizes that someone gets by winning. The ending looks like -ing plus plural -s, but the word usually treats all the money won as a collective amount. Picture a winner deciding what to do with the prize afterward. Useful patterns include donate one’s winnings, share the winnings among the players, and save most of one’s winnings. Unlike earnings, which normally come from work, winnings come from success in a contest, lottery, game, or bet.
例文
She donated her winnings to the local library.
彼女は賞金を地元の図書館に寄付しました。
The team's winnings were shared among the players.
チームの賞金は選手たちで分けられました。
He saved most of his winnings for future travel.
彼は賞金の大半を将来の旅行のために貯金しました。
winnings の類義語・関連語
winnings の語源・成り立ち Etymology
winnings は win「勝ち取る」＋-ing＋-s で、「勝って得たものたち」から「賞金・取り分」の意味になりました。win は古英語 winnan「努力して得る・争って勝つ」に由来し、単なる幸運ではなく labor の末の獲得という感覚が残る語です。
Winnings is formed from win, the noun-forming ending -ing, and plural -s. It originally referred broadly to things gained or acquired and developed its modern financial sense of money or prizes obtained through victory, gambling, or a lottery. Win comes from Old English winnan, meaning “to strive, labor, or gain by effort,” which helps explain the underlying idea of obtaining something through a successful struggle.
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