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• take the money and run
  принять предложенное пока предложение в силе

  Bill planned to take the money and run as he was not sure that he would be given any more money for the settlement of his car accident.
• make a bundle/pile
  заработать много денег

  Sam's uncle has made a bundle on the stock market and he is very wealthy now.
• pay up
  (срочно) расплатиться

  George lost a small fortune playing poker and his poor wife had to pay up.
• lay away money
  откладывать (деньги), копить

  The boy was trying to lay away some money to buy a bicycle.
• sock away (some money)
  убирать, прятать деньги в укромное место

  I have decided to sock away some money to pay for my college education.
• smart money is on (something)
  хорошая идея (относительно чего-либо)

  The smart money is on the government officials who decided to introduce a new tax law next year.
• pay in advance
  платить заранее, (предоплата)

  I registered at the hotel and paid in advance for a single room.
• fork over (some money)
  заплатить деньги за что-либо

  "You forked over much money for the painting, didn't you? The picture isn't worth it."
• put the bite on (someone)
  выпрашивать деньги

  Joshua is always short of money, and he is constantly trying to put the bite on his co-workers.
• fork money out (for something)
  потратить деньги на что-либо, "раскошелиться"

  They had to fork out much money for fixing their old house.
• draw interest
  привлекать внимание, казаться интересным

  The exhibition of modern art didn't draw interest of the public at large.
• pay a king's ransom (for something)
  заплатить огромные деньги за что-либо

  I am not going to pay a king's ransom for this used car.
• turn on a dime
  развернуться в очень узком месте (величиной с монету)

  My new sports car can turn on a dime.
• cash in (something)
  обменять что-либо (купоны, облигации) на наличные деньги

  I went to the bank to cash in a large number of my savings bonds in order to get some money to buy a condominium.
• rake off (some money)
  воровать деньги

  They suspected David Bronx of raking money off the company's account.
• quick buck
  лёгкие деньги

  The shoe factory was only interested in making a quick buck, but they were not interested in product quality.
• shell out (money)
  платить деньги, раскошелиться

  Jacob shelled out a lot of money for his new car.
• penny-wise and pound foolish
  экономный в мелочах и расточительный в крупном

  They had no penny-wise and pound-foolish policy in their company.
• lay out (money)
  тратить (деньги), "выложить деньги"

  "If we buy this house, we will have to lay out a lot of money on repairs, and that's a heavy outlay."
• cash on the barrelhead
  (платить) наличными деньгами

  I paid the salesman cash on the barrelhead for the second-hand furniture.
• set (someone) back
  стоить (какую-либо сумму) кому-либо

  "How much did your new car set you back?"
• take up a collection
  собрать деньги на что-либо

  Sam is willing to take up a collection for his holiday abroad.
• pass the hat
  собирать деньга на какой-либо проект (пустить шапку по кругу)

  They passed the hat in order to raise money for the animal shelter.
• payoff
  взятка

  The deputy mayor received a handsome sum of money as a payoff.
• pay off (something)
  расплатиться с чем-либо (с долгами)

  Lorna had serious intentions to pay off every debt.
• for a song
  очень дёшево, "за гроши"

  "Don't think you can buy a new house for a song; houses are expensive."
• pad the bill
  включить неоправданные расходы в счёт

  Allan tried to pad the hotel bill when he was on a business trip.
• pay off (someone)
  давать кому-либо взятку, откупиться

  The shopkeeper had to pay off a gang of racketeers who were squeezing money from him.
• in the money
  состоятельный, при деньгах

  Gerald found a good job, and he is in the money now.
• pinch pennies
  быть экономным, бережливым, "считать копейки"

  Wanda pinches pennies not because she is thrifty, but because she earns very little.
• loaded
  иметь много денег

  I believe my next door neighbor is really loaded.
• two cents (worth)
  мнение (о котором не спрашивают)

  The boys were talking about tennis, and Hilda put in her two cents worth, even though she didn't know much about tennis.
• go broke
  разориться, потерять все деньги

  Josef Marsh went broke because of the collapse of a Canadian company in which he had invested.
• square accounts with (someone)
  рассчитываться, улаживать финансовые дела с кем-либо

  I didn't trust Jack and had no intention to square accounts with him.
• highway robbery
  очень высокая цена, "чистый грабёж"

  The price that I had to pay for the airline tickets was highway robbery.