เงินทอน(ngern ton)
Meanings
1NounA2
change (money returned)
money returned to a payer when the amount given exceeds the price due
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จ่ายjàaiจ่ายjàai1[to] pay2[to] disburse; distribute (funds/resources)3[to] spend (money)ร้อยróiร้อยrói1one hundred (100)2[to] compose verse; write in poetic form3[to] string; thread; link togetherบาทbàatบาทbàat1baht (Thai currency unit)2baht (classifier for Thai currency amounts)3blow; stroke (literary/archaic)4foot (literary)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)พนักงานpá-nák-ngaanพนักงานpá-nák-ngaan1employee; staff member; worker2attendant; clerk (service role)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitเงินทอนngern tonเงินทอนngern ton1change (money returned)2[to] give changeสิบsìpสิบsìp1ten2ten- (teens)3tens place/decadeบาทbàatบาทbàat1baht (Thai currency unit)2baht (classifier for Thai currency amounts)3blow; stroke (literary/archaic)4foot (literary)
I paid one hundred baht, and the clerk gave ten baht in change.
2VerbA2
[to] give change
to return money to a customer when the amount paid is more than the price; typically expressed as ทอนเงิน rather than เงินทอนเงินทอนngern ton1change (money returned)2[to] give change
Examples
ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)จ่ายjàaiจ่ายjàai1[to] pay2[to] disburse; distribute (funds/resources)3[to] spend (money)ร้อยróiร้อยrói1one hundred (100)2[to] compose verse; write in poetic form3[to] string; thread; link togetherนึงneungนึงneung1one (colloquial)2[to] steam (colloquial spelling)แม่ค้าmâe-káaแม่ค้าmâe-káafemale vendor; saleswoman; shopkeeperทอนtonทอนton1[to] trim; shorten; reduce2[to] subtract; deduct3[to] give change (money)เงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)ยี่สิบyêe sìpยี่สิบyêe sìptwentyบาทbàatบาทbàat1baht (Thai currency unit)2baht (classifier for Thai currency amounts)3blow; stroke (literary/archaic)4foot (literary)
I paid one hundred; the vendor gave twenty baht change.
Word Breakdown
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เงินทอนngern tonเงินทอนngern tonchange (money returned)