プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
とうざ【当座】
❶〔その場〕 ⇒そくざ（即座）
❷〔差し当たり〕
当座の費用はこれで足ります
This will 「take care of [cover] 「our immediate expenses [our expenses for the moment].
５万円借りて当座をしのいだ
I borrowed fifty thousand yen to get myself over the immediate crisis.
当座の間に合わせにこの家に住んでいてよいですよ
You may live in this house 「for the time being [for now].
❸〔しばらくの間〕
引っ越して来た当座はよく道に迷った
I often lost my way when I first moved here.
ニューヨークへ来た当座の2,3年はよく芝居を見に行った
I often went to the theater during my first few years in New York.
当座貸し
a loan on short notice; an on-the-spot loan
当座凌(しの)ぎ
当座しのぎの家
a makeshift house
当座しのぎに子供の貯金を少し借りた
I borrowed some money from my child's savings 「to tide over my immediate needs [as a stopgap measure].
当座しのぎにこの机をお使いください
Please use this desk for the time being.
当座逃れ
当座逃れに，母の病気を言い訳にした
He used his mother's illness as an excuse to get himself through the immediate crisis.
当座逃れに一部だけ代金を払った
He paid only part of the sum to take care of things for the moment.
当座預金
a current account；《米》 a checking account
当座預金の口座を設ける
open a current account