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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cum /kʊm, kʌm/ preposition  WITHused between two nouns to show that something has two purposes 兼,两用〔用于两个名词之间〕 a kitchen-cum-dining room 厨房兼饭厅 a lunch-cum-business meeting 商务午餐会
Examples from the Corpus
cuma bookstore-cum-coffeehouse
From Longman Business Dictionarycumcum /kʊm, kʌm/ adverbFINANCE1cum dividend/cum div when the price of shares is listed cum dividend or cum div, the person who buys them will receive the next DIVIDEND payment on themWe can claim any trading losses made by buying stock cum dividend and then selling it ex-dividend against our tax liability.2cum interest when a bond, security etc is cum interest, interest will paid on a particular date in the future, and this amount is included in its trading priceOrigin cum (1800-1900) Latin with
cum prepositionChinese
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cum
cum /kʊm, kʌm/ preposition
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Latin
 Origin: __with__
used between two nouns to show that something has two purposes:
    a kitchen-cum-dining room
    a lunch-cum-business meeting


cumBrE /kʌm/ 🔊NAmE /kʌm/ 🔊 preposition (used for linking two nouns 用于连接两个名词) and; as well as 和;与;及a bedroom-cum-study卧室兼书房