Resources do not depend upon gross amounts, but upon the proportion of spendings to takings. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
My gross takings amount to 27 pounds 10s. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.
Then I seized my coat, which was weighted by the coppers which I had just transferred to it from the leather bag in which I carried my takings. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.