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koríst korístka singer in a choir or chorus; choir singer; (deček v cerkvenem zboru) choirboy, chorister

koríst benefit, profit; good; advantage; use; behalf; arhaično avail; arhaično behoof; (porabnost) utility, use, usefulness

v koríst česa in favour of, on (ZDA in) behalf of
brez korísti useless, unprofitable, unproductive, fruitless, unavailing
v mojo koríst on my behalf
v koríst naše tvrdke for the benefit of our firm
kakšna koríst je od tega, da (če)... arhaično what boots it to...?
od tega ne bomo imeli nobene korísti we shall gain nothing by this
imeti koríst od to profit by, to benefit by, to derive (ali to realize, to have) profit from
materialna koríst material benefit
to je za tvojo koríst it is for your good (ali benefit)
je brez korísti it is of no avail (ali of no use)
brez korísti protestirati to protest without avail
obrniti (kaj) v svojo koríst to turn (something) to good account
on obrne vse v svojo koríst it is all grist to his mill
izvleči koríst iz česa to capitalize on something

account¹ [əkáunt] samostalnik
trgovina račun, konto; poročilo, pripovedovanje; mnenje, sodba; važnost, korist; vzrok; ocena; likvidacijski rok

balance of account saldo
by all accounts povsem
to bring (ali call) to account poklicati na odgovor
to cast accounts delati proračun, kalkulirati
account of charges režijski stroški
account of costs proizvodni stroški
current account tekoči račun
to carry to a new account prenesti na nov račun
drawing account žiro račun
to give an account poročati
to give a good account of o.s. imeti uspeh, dobro se izkazati
the great account sodni dan
ameriško to hand in one's account umreti
to leave out of account ne upoštevati
to make an account ceniti
to make out an account napisati račun
of no account nepomemben
on no account nikakor ne
on my account zaradi mene
on one's own account na lastno odgovornost
on account of zaradi
to overdraw one's account prekoračiti svoj račun
to settle an account poravnati račun
to settle accounts with figurativno obračunati s
of small account nepomemben
to take into account upoštevati
to turn into account izkoristiti, uporabiti
square accounts poravnani računi
on what account? čemu?

advantage¹ [ədvá:ntidž] samostalnik (of, over)
prednost, ugodnost; korist

to gain an advantage over, to have the advantage of s.o. imeti prednost pred kom, biti močnejši od koga
you have the advantage of me žal vas ne poznam
to take advantage of s.th. izkoristiti kaj
to advantage ugoden; ugodno, koristno
to the best advantage kar se da ugodno
to take (ali make) s.o. at advantage izrabiti svojo premoč v škodo drugega
to turn to advantage izplačati se; izkoristiti

avail² [əvéil] samostalnik
korist; smisel, pomen

of no avail, without avail brezkoristen, nesmiseln
of what avail is it? kakšen smisel ima?
without avail zaman

behalf [bihá:f] samostalnik
korist, prid; dobiček

in (ali on) s.o.'s behalf komu v prid, na ljubo; zavoljo, namesto, v imenu koga

behoof [bihú:f] samostalnik
arhaično korist, prid, prednost

in (ali on, for) behoof of v prid komu, zaradi koga

benefit¹ [bénifit] samostalnik
dobro, korist, ugodnost, prednost; podpora; nadarba; beneficij

gledališče benefit night benefična predstava
to give the benefit of the doubt zaradi pomanjkljivostih dokazov razložiti zadevo komu v prid; pomilostiti, odpustiti
to the benefit of v korist koga, česa
for your (special) benefit (samo) za vas
ameriško to take the benefit objaviti bankrot
unemployment benefit podpora za brezposelne
to derive benefit from okoristiti se s čim

boot¹ [bu:t]

1. samostalnik
arhaično korist, prednost

to boot povrh za nameček, zraven
to no boot zaman

2. prehodni glagol
arhaično koristiti

it little boots od tega je malo koristi

capital² [kǽpitl] samostalnik
glavnica, kapital; glavno mesto; velika začetnica; kapitel, glava (stebra)
figurativno korist, dobiček

circulating, floating capital obratni kapital
block capitals velike tiskane črke
capital expenditure (ali outlays) investicije
to make a capital out of s.th. okoristiti se s čim
working (ali operating) capital obratni kapital
unproductive capital mrtvi kapital

convenience [kənví:njəns] samostalnik
udobnost, prijetnost, prikladnost, pripravnost; korist, prid, dobiček; komfort; angleško stranišče
arhaično prevozno sredstvo

at your convenience kakor vam je prav
at your earliest convenience čimprej
to make a convenience of s.o. zlorabljati koga
marriage of convenience zakon iz preračunljivosti

effect¹ [ifékt] samostalnik
posledica, učinek, namen, cilj; uspeh; dejstvo; izvršitev, realizacija; korist; vsebina (pisma); produktivnost
množina vrednostni papirji, premoženje

to bring to effect, to carry into effect izvajati, uveljaviti, uresničiti
to give effect to s.th. uveljaviti kaj
in effect dejansko, v bistvu
of no effect neučinkovit, jalov
no effects brez kritja (ček)
to the same effect v istem smislu
personal effects osebne premičnine
to take effect obnesti se
to this effect v tem smislu
to some effect še kar, precej
colour effects kombinacija barv
to that effect za to
to good effect uspešno
with telling effect nedvoumno, jasno, učinkovito, uspešno
without effect zaman; neučinkovit

emolument [imɔ́ljumənt] samostalnik
korist; prednost; plača
množina stranski dohodki, honorar, nagrada, plačilo, darilo

end¹ [end] samostalnik
konec, kraj, zaključek; meja; propad, smrt; namen, cilj; izid, uspeh, posledica, korist

East End vzhodni del Londona
at the far end na drugem koncu
to be at one's wits' end ne vedeti, kako in kam
up to the bitter end, to the end of the chapter do samega konca, do smrti
to come to an end končati se
to come to the end of one's tether doseči skrajno mejo, biti na koncu
no end of a fellow sijajen dečko
pogovorno to go off the deep end razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
my hair stood on end lasje so mi stali pokonci
to have s.th. at one's fingers' end dobro vedeti ali znati
to get hold of the wrong end of the stick začeti na napačnem koncu
in the end na koncu, končno
geometrija the end of the line krajišče
no end of neskončno, neizmerno
the end justifies the means namen posvečuje sredstva
to keep one's end up pretolči, prebi(ja)ti se
the latter end starost, smrt
at a loose end brez posebnega opravila
to make both ends meet prebi(ja)ti se z denarjem
to no end zaman
shoemaker's end dreta
to the end that zato, da bi
to what end? čemu?
West End zahodni del Londona
end to end po dolžini, drug za drugim
at your end pri vas, v vašem kraju
to have at one's tongue's end imeti na koncu jezika

favour¹ ameriško favor [féivə] samostalnik
ljubeznivost, naklonjenost, priljubljenost; usluga, protekcija, milost; podpora, zaščita, okrilje; prednost, prid, korist; pristranost; koncesija
trgovina trgovsko pismo; videz, lepota, čar; odlikovanje; znamenje, kokarda, emblem

to be in favour biti za, odobravati
to find favour with (ali in the eyes of) s.o. biti priljubljen, v časteh pri kom
by favour of, under favour of zaradi, po
with s.o.'s favour z blagohotnim dovoljenjem koga
your favour vaše cenjeno pismo
I am not in favour of it nisem za to
to curry favour prilizovati se
to win s.o.'s favour pridobiti si naklonjenost koga
by your favour z vašim dovoljenjem
to be in great favour dobro iti v promet
to do (ali bestow, confer) a favour on s.o. izkazati komu ljubeznivost
to look with favour on s.th. odobravati kaj
to stand high in s.o.'s favour biti pri kom priljubljen
do me the favour to... bodi(te) tako ljubezniv(i) in...
trgovina balance in your favour saldo vam v prid
under favour of night pod okriljem noči

fruit¹ [fru:t] samostalnik
sad, sadje, sadež, plod
figurativno donos, učinek, uspeh, korist

to reap the fruits of one's endeavours uživati plodove svojih prizadevanj
small fruit jagode
to bear fruit obroditi
stewed fruit kompot

gain² [gein] samostalnik
dobiček, korist, dobitek, pridobitev, prirastek, izboljšanje; zmaga
množina dohodki, zaslužek

love of gain koristoljubje
no gains without pains brez dela ni jela

good² [gud] samostalnik
dobro, korist, ugodnost; premoženje
množina blago

to come to no good slabo se končati
for good (and all) za vedno, za vselej
no good zanič
to the good povrh, poleg redne plače
what's the good of it? kakšen smisel ima?
ameriško dry goods blago na metre (tekstil, sukanec)
goods and chattels vse premoženje
goods guard skladiščnik
ameriško, pogovorno to deliver the goods izpolniti obljubo
ill gotten goods nepošteno pridobljeno imetje
ameriško, pogovorno the goods ta pravo
it's no good nima smisla

grist¹ [grist] samostalnik
žito, mletev
pogovorno živila, zaloga; slad
figurativno korist

that's grist to his mill to je voda na njegov mlin
to bring grist to the mill biti vir dobička, biti zlata jama
all is grist that comes to his mill vse zna izkoristiti, vse je voda na njegov mlin

interest¹ [íntrist] samostalnik
interes, zanimanje (in za)
udeležba; važnost, pomen
ekonomija udeležba, delež, pravica do deleža (in)
ekonomija, (samo ednina) obresti; vpliv (with na)
oblast (with nad)
prid, korist, dobiček
pravno pravica, zahteva (in)

interest account obrestni račun
simple interest navadne obresti
compound interest obrestne obresti
interest charged franko obresti
interest due zamudne obresti
ex interest, free of interest brez obresti
interest from (ali on) capital obresti od kapitala
and (ali plus) interest z obrestmi
to charge interest zaračunati obresti
interest on debit balances debetne obresti
interest rate obrestna mera
interest pro and contra obresti na dolg in imetje
to bear (ali carry, pay, yield) interest obrestovati se
to lend out money at interest posojati denar z obrestmi
figurativno to return s.th. with interest vrniti kaj z obrestmi
controlling interest odločilna udeležba kapitala
the banking interest bančni krogi
the business interests poslovni svet
the landed interest veleposestniki
the shipping interest lastniki ladij
the interests interesenti
to be in (ali to) s.o.'s interest biti komu v korist
to be of interest to biti zanimiv za, mikati koga
of great interest zelo važen
of little interest malopomemben
to look after one's own interests skrbeti za svojo korist
in your interest vam v korist
to study the interest of s.o. imeti korist nekoga pred očmi
a matter of interest važna zadeva
to have an interest in s.th. imeti delež v čem
to take an interest in sth. zanimati se za kaj, potegovati se za kaj
to make interest with s.o. vplivati na koga
to have interest with s.o. imeti vpliv pri kom
to excite s.o.'s interest zbuditi zanimanje pri kom
to obtain s.th. through interest with s.o. dobiti kaj po zvezah
to use one's interest with one for s.o. zavzeti se za koga pri kom
politika sphere of interest interesna sfera