Money ought to do it meaning in English

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Definition

(-How much do you need?) -1 euro ought to do it!: (-How much do you need?) -1 euro should be enough! idiom
(You) ought to (do the washing up!): (You) should (do the washing up!) idiom

Examples

  • "Since you're in charge of personnel, I want to ask you to approach the accounts department on my behalf. $5000 ought to do it."
Exercise 1
"$5000 ought to do it."

This means that $5000 .
"$5000 ought to do it."

This means that $5000 should be enough.
should be enough: Kevin wants "an advance": a portion of his salary. He writes that "$5000 ought to do it", meaning that he can survive on $5000. This implies that usually, he has more money than this. Another example of the key expression: "- How many slices of cake would you like? -Four ought to do it." This means that "four should be enough", or "four will suffice".
isn't enough: The expression "(4 dollars) ought to do it" is not synonymous with "(4 dollars) isn't enough". Kevin is suggesting that 5000 dollars is likely to be a sufficient amount.
is more than enough: The expression "(4 dollars) ought to do it" is not synonymous with "(4 dollars) is more than enough". Kevin is suggesting that 5000 dollars is likely to be a sufficient amount.
is Kevin's salary: There is no firm indication that 5000 dollars is the amount that Kevin earns. By asking for an advance of his salary, we can assume that Kevin earns more than 5000 dollars per month. Big wages!

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