pūtea
1. (noun) finely woven bag.
Ka kohia atu hoki e mātou, e ngā wāhine me ngā tamariki, ngā kōhatu noa, ngā tarutaru noa, ka hoatu ki aua tupua, he kōhatu i paingia, ā, ka kohia ki ā rātou pūtea, he mea i makaa ko ngā tarutaru me ngā peka rākau i hoatu (Wh4 2004:135). / We, the women and children, collected stones and vegetation randomly and gave them to those strange beings. They liked the stones and put them in their finely woven bags, but the grasses and branches of trees that we gave them were thrown away.
2. (noun) fund, finance, bank account, sum of money.
Hei penapena i te pūtea, i kī atu ia he pai kē ake tana haere mā runga waka ā-mahi i te haere mā runga tekehī (TTR 1998:102). / In order to save money, she said that it would be better if she travelled by service car rather than by taxi.
Synonyms: pūtea pēke
pūtea moni
1. (loan) (noun) sum of money, fund, account.
E kī ana ia ka nui te moni kei Niu Tīreni. Kei te puhake ngā pūtea moni katoa o te motu (TTT 1/8/1929: 1037). / He is saying that New Zealand has plenty of money. All the country's accounts are full to overflowing.
Synonyms: kaute, kōrero, whakamārama, pire
pūtea taurewa
1. (noun) loan, financial loan.
I whakamahia taua pūtea taurewa nei hai hanga i te wheketere miraka o Te Kaha (TTR 1996:185). / That loan was used to build the Te Kaha Dairy Factory.
See also taurewa
Synonyms: moni tārewa, haupūranga moni
kaitiaki pūtea
1. (noun) accountant.
He mea whakatū anō hoki a ia hei tumuaki mō te pekanga ki Pōneke o te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora, ā, hei tumuaki tuarua, kaitiaki pūtea atu hoki mō te kaunihera ā-rohe o te rōpū nei ki Pōneke (TTR 2000:253). / She was also appointed as president of the Wellington branch of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, and vice president and treasurer of the Wellington district council.
Synonyms: kaikaute
tapeke pūtea
1. (noun) account balance.
Ko tā te ripanga kaute, he whakarārangi i ngā moni tango me ngā moni kuhu o tētahi pūtea pēke, me te whakaatu anō i te tapeke pūtea (TRP 2010:215). / The purpose of a balance sheet is to list the withdrawals and deposits of a bank account, and to show the account balance.
pūtea penapena
1. (noun) savings fund, nest egg, provision for a rainy day, reserves, investment.
E kainga korekikotia ana ngā moni a te pūtea penapena, ā, kua matekiri ngātahi haere a Te Rata rāua ko tana matua ki tō rāua māngai (TTR 1996:225). / The investments were losing money and both Te Rata and his father were becoming disillusioned with their agent.
pūtea tārewa
1. (noun) financial loan.
Nō te mutunga o 1928, ka noho ko Ngata te minita mō ngā take Māori, ā, nā tana ture e tuku ana i ētehi pūtea tārewa a te kāwanatanga ki ngā kaiahu whenua Māori (TTR 1996:47). / At the end of 1928 Ngata became native minister, and his legislation providing for state loans to Māori farmers.
See also tārewa
