corpus

/ˈkɔrpəs/

capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

中文释义：本金；基金

The charity's corpus is invested to generate income for its programs.

慈善机构的本金被用于投资，以产生收入支持其项目。

Only the interest from the corpus can be spent, not the principal itself.

只能花费本金产生的利息，而不能动用本金本身。