The various uses of 著落

[yersi]

I came over this in an article I'm reading today about the Lin residence in Wufeng.

他們要面對的不僅是龐大經費著落 "They were not only faced with ensuring funding for the massive expenses"

I looked it up in Wenlin and found a pretty extensive entry with three different pronunciations and a variety of different meanings.

著落[着-] ¹zhuóluò n. ①whereabouts ②result; outcome | Nà jiàn shì® yǒu ∼le ma? Have you got any result of that matter? ③assured source | Nàbǐ jīngfèi hái méi ∼. We still don't know where the money's coming from. ◆v. fall to sb.; rest with sb.

著落[着-] zháoluò n. solution (for a difficulty)

著落[着-] zháolào* n. 〈coll.〉 ①way out of difficulties; refuge ②hope; prospects; expectations | Zhè ²jiàn ²shì® yǒu ∼ le. There is hope in this matter. ③assurance; feeling of security

Could someone explain me how the various forms of this word are used?

[Annaliu]

着落

This usual use in Chinese. The pronunciation is “zhuóluò”, no other pronunciation.

It means

1）[whereabouts]∶事情有归宿、有结果

For example: 丢失的行李总算有着落了。 The lost baggage had found finally.

2）[assured source]∶依托;靠头;指靠

For example: 这笔经费还没有着落。This fee will be charged from where is not clear.