#800. Money.-- N. money
legal tender
money matters
money market;
finance
accounts
funds
treasure
capital
stock
assets
wealth
supplies
ways and means
wherewithal
sinews of war
almighty dollar
needful
cash
mammon
[colloquial terms for money] dough
cabbage
money-like instruments
M
M2
sum
amount
balance
balance sheet
sum total
proceeds
810
currency
circulating medium
specie
coin
hard cash
cold
cash
dollar
sterling coin
pounds shillings and pence
Ls.d
breeches pocket
purse
money in hand
cash at hand
ready money
ready
cash
slug [U.S.]
wad* wad of bills[U.S.]
wad of money
thick wad of
bills
roll of dough[coll]
rhino|!
blunt|!
dust|!
mopus|!
tin|!
salt|!
chink|!
argent comptant[Lat]
bottom dollar
buzzard dollar|!;
checks
[specific types of currency] double eagle
eagle
Federal currency
fractional currency
postal currency
Federal Reserve Note
United States
Note
silver certificate [obsolete]
gold certificate [obsolete]
long bit
short bit [U.S.]
moss
nickel
pile*
pin money
quarter [U.S.]
red cent
rock*
thousand dollars
grand[coll.]
[types of paper currency
U.S.] single
one-dollar bill
two-dollar
bill
five-dollar bill
fiver[coll.]
fin [coll.]
Lincoln
ten-dollar
bill
sawbuck
twenty-dollar bill
Jackson
double sawbuck
fifty-dollar
bill
hundred-dollar bill
C-note
[types of U.S. coins: list] penny
cent
Lincoln cent
indian head
penny
copper[1700 -1900]
two-cent piece three-cent piece
half-dime[obsolete]
nickel
buffalo nickel
V
nickel [obsolete]
dime
disme|!
mercury dime[obsolete]
quarter
two
bits
half dollar
dollar
silver dollar
Eisenhower dollar
Susan B
precious metals
gold
silver
copper
bullion
ingot
nugget
petty cash
pocket money
change
small change
small coin
rap
mite
farthing
sou
penny
shilling
tester
groat
guinea
wampum
good sum
round sum
lump
sum
power of money
plum
lac of rupees
major coin
crown
minor coin
monetarist
monetary theory
[Science of coins] numismatics
[coin scholar or collector] numismatist
paper money
greenback
major denomination
minor denomination
money
order
postal money order
Post Office order
bank note
bond
bill
bill
of exchange
order
warrant
coupon
debenture
exchequer bill
shinplaster* [U.S.]
note
note of hand
promissory note
I O U
draft
check
cheque
back-dated check
negotiable order of withdrawal
NOW
remittance
credit
liability
drawer
coiner
false money
bad money
base coin
flash note
slip|
kite*
fancy
stocks
Bank of Elegance
argumentum ad crumenam[Lat]
letter of credit
circulation
multiplier effect
[variation in the value of currency] inflation
double-digit
inflation
hyperinflation
erosion of the currency
debasement of the
currency
deflation
stagflation
[relative value of two currencies] exchange rate
rate of exchange
floating exchange rates
fixed rates
[place to exchange currencies] currency counter
currency exchange
gold-backed currency
gold standard
silver standard
bank account
savings account
checking account
money market account
NOW account
time deposit
deposit
demand deposit
super NOW account;
certificate of deposit
CD
[money symbols] $
U.S. $
A$
[authorities controlling currency
U.S] Federal Reserve Bank
central
bank
Federal Reserve Board
board of governors of the Federal Reserve;
Treasury Department
Secret Service
[place where money is manufactured] mint
bureau of engraving
[government profit in manufacturing money] seigniorage
[false money] counterfeit
funny money
bogus money
(see falsehood)
545
[cost of money] interest
interest rate
discount rate
V. amount to
come to
mount up to
touch the pocket
draw
draw upon;
indorse
issue
utter
discount
back;
demonetize
remonetize
monetize
circulate
be in circulation
be out of circulation
[manufacture currency] mint[coins]
coin
print[paper currency]
[vary the value of money] inflate
deflate
debase
devalue
revalue
[vary the amount of money] circulate
put in circulation
withdraw
from circulation
[change the type of currency] exchange currencies
change money
charge interest
pay interest
lose interest
Adj. monetary
pecuniary
crumenal|
fiscal
financial
sumptuary
numismatic
sterling
Phr. barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives [Lat][Ovid]
"but the
jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that honor feels" [Tennyson]
Gelt
regiert die Welt [German: money rules the world]
money makes the world go
round
nervos belli pecuniam infinitam [Lat][Cicero]
redet Geld so
schweigt die Welt [German]
"money is the mother's milk of politics" [Tip
O'Neill]
money is the root of all evil
money isn't everything
"as phony
as a three-dollar bill"
"don't take any wooden nickels"
#801. Treasurer.-- N. treasurer
bursar
bursary
purser
purse
bearer
cash keeper
banker
depositary
receiver
steward
trustee
accountant
Accountant General
almoner
liquidator
paymaster
cashier
teller
money changer
financier
Secretary of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
minister of
finance
#802. Treasury.-- N. treasury
bank
exchequer
fisc
cash register
bursary
strong box
strong hold
strong
room
coffer
chest
safe
bank vault
depository
6
till
tiller
purse
money bag
money box
purse strings
breeches pocket
sinking fund
stocks
public stocks
public funds
public securities
parliamentary stocks
parliamentary funds
parliamentary securities;
Consols
bonds
#803. Wealth.-- N. wealth
riches
fortune
handsome fortune
opulence
affluence
good circumstances
easy circumstances
independence;
competence
solvency
provision
livelihood
maintenance
alimony
dowry
means
resources
substance
property
command of money
income
capital
money
round sum
mint of
money
mine of wealth
El Dorado[Sp]
bonanza
Pacatolus
Golconda
Potosi
long purse
full purse
well lined purse
heavy purse
deep pockets;
purse of Fortunatus[Lat]
pelf
Mammon
lucre
filthy lucre
loaves and fishes|!
rich man
moneyed man
warm man
man of substance
capitalist
millionaire
Nabob
Croesus
idas
Plutus
Dives
Timon of
Timocracy
Plutocracy
Danae
V. be rich
roll in wealth
roll in riches
wallow in wealth
wallow in riches
afford
well afford
command money
command a sum
make both ends
meet
hold one's head above water
become rich
strike it rich
come into a sum of money
receive a windfall
receive an inheritance
hit the jackpot
win the
lottery
fill one's pocket
feather one's nest
make a
fortune
make money
[transitive] enrich
worship the golden calf
worship Mammon
Adj. wealthy
rich
affluent
opulent
moneyed
monied
worth much;
well to do
well off
warm
comfortable
well
well provided for
made of money
rich as Croesus
filthy rich
rich as a Jew|!
rolling
in riches
rolling in wealth
flush
flush of cash
flush of money
flush of tin*
in funds
in
cash
in full feather
solvent
out of debt
in the black
all straight
Phr. one's ship coming in
money does everything]
aurea rumpunt tecta quietem [Lat][Seneca]
magna
servitus ist magna fortuna[Latin]
"mammon
the least erected spirit that
fell from Heaven" [Paradise Lost]
opum furiata cupido [Lat][Ovid]
vera
prosperita e non aver necessita [It]
wie gewonnen so zerronnen [German]
#804. Poverty.-- N. poverty
indigence
penury
pauperism
destitution
want
need
neediness
lack
necessity
privation
distress
difficulties
wolf at the door
bad circumstances
poor circumstances
need circumstances
embarrassed
circumstances
reduced circumstances
straightened circumstances
slender
means
narrow means
straits
hand to mouth existence
res angusta
low water
impecuniosity
beggary
mendicancy
broken fortune
loss of fortune;
insolvency
empty pocket
empty purse
light purse
beggarly account of empty
boxes
[poor people] poor man
pauper
mendicant
beggar
starveling
fakir|!
schnorrer|!
homeless person
V. be poor
want
lack
starve
live from hand to mouth
have
seen better days
go down in the world
come upon the parish
go to the
dogs
go to wrack and ruin
not have a penny
not have a
shot in one's locker
beg one's bread
run into debt
render poor
impoverish
reduce
reduce to poverty;
pauperize
fleece
ruin
bring to the parish
Adj. poor
indigent
poverty-stricken
badly off
poorly off
ill off;
poor as a rat
poor as a church mouse
poor as a Job
penniless
impecunious
out of money
out of cash
short of money
short of cash
without a rap
not worth a rap
qui n'a pas
out of pocket
hard up
out at elbows
out at heels
seedy
bare-footed
beggarly
beggared
destitute
fleeced
stripped
bereft
bereaved
reduced
homeless
in want
needy
necessitous
distressed
pinched
straitened;
put to one's shifts
put to one's last shifts
unable to keep the wolf from
the door
unable to make both ends meet
embarrassed
under hatches;
involved
insolvent
Adv. in forma pauperis[Lat]
Phr. zonam perdidit[Lat]
"a penniless lass wi' a lang pedigree" [Lady
Nairne]
a pobreza no hay verguenza[Sp]
"he that is down can fall no
lower" [Butler]
poca roba poco pensiero[It]
"steeped . . . in poverty to
the very lips" [Othello]
"the short and simple annals of the poor" [Gray]
#805. Credit.-- N. credit
trust
tick
score
tally
account
letter of credit
circular note
duplicate
mortgage
lien
debenture
paper credit
floating capital
draft
securities
creditor
lender
lessor
mortgagee
dun
usurer
credit account
line of credit
open line of credit
credit card
V. keep an account with
run up an account with
intrust
credit
accredit
place to one's credit
credit to one's account
place to one's
account|!
give credit
take credit
fly a kite|!
Adj. crediting
credited
accredited
Adv. on credit
on account
to the account of
to the credit
of
#806. Debt.-- N. debt
obligation
liability
debit
score
bill
check
account (credit) 805
arrears
deferred payment
deficit
default
insolvency
(nonpayment) 80
bad debt
interest
premium
usury
floating debt
floating
capital
debtor
mortgagor
defaulter
borrower
V. be in debt
owe
incur a debt
contract a debt
run
up a bill
run up a score
run up an account
go on tick
borrow
run into debt
get into debt
outrun the constable
run up debts
run up
bills (spend) 809.
answer for
go bail for
[notify a person of his indebtedness: ISA:written_communication] bill
charge
Adj. indebted
liable
chargeable
answerable for
in debt
in embarrassed circumstances
in difficulties
incumbered
involved
involved in debt
plunged in debt
deep in debt
over one's head
in debt
over head and ears in debt
deeply involved
fast tied up;
insolvent
minus
out of pocket
unpaid
unrequited
unrewarded
owing
due
outstanding
past due
"neither a borrower nor a lender be" [Hamlet]
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#807. Payment.-- N. payment
discharge
acquittance
quittance
settlement
clearance
liquidation
satisfaction
reckoning
arrangement
acknowledgment
release
receipt
receipt in full
receipt in full of
all demands
voucher
salary
compensation
remuneration (reward) 973
repayment
reimbursement
retribution
pay
money paid
ready money
stake
remittance
installment
payer
liquidator
pay cash
pay cash on the barrelhead
V. pay
defray
make payment
paydown
pay on the nail
pay ready
money
pay at sight
pay in advance
cash
honor a bill
acknowledge;
redeem
pay in kind
pay one's way
pay one's shot
pay one's footing
pay the piper
pay
sauce for all
pay costs
do the needful
shell out
fork out
cough up
[coll.]
fork over
come down with
come down with the dust
tickle the
palm
grease the palm
expend
put down
lay down
discharge
settle
quit
acquit oneself of
foot the bill
account
with
reckon with
settle with
be even with
be quits with
strike a
balance
settle accounts with
balance accounts with
square accounts with;
quit scores
wipe off old scores
clear off old scores
satisfy
pay in
full
satisfy all demands
pay in full of all demands
clear
liquidate;
pay up
pay old debts
disgorge
make repayment
repay
refund
reimburse
make compensation
pay by credit card
put it on the plastic
Adj. paying
owing nothing
out of debt
all straight;
never indebted
Adv. to the tune of
on the nail
money down
#808. Nonpayment -- N. nonpayment
default
defalcation
protest
repudiation
application of the sponge|!
whitewashing
insolvency
bankruptcy
failure
insufficiency
run upon a
bank
overdrawn account
waste paper bonds
dishonored bills
protested bills
bogus check
bogus cheque
rubber check
bankrupt
insolvent
debtor
lame duck
man of straw
welsher
stag
defaulter
levanter|!
V. not pay
fail
break
stop payment
become insolvent
become bankrupt
be gazetted
protest
dishonor
repudiate
nullify
refuse payment
pay under protest
button up one's pockets
draw the purse strings;
apply the sponge
pay over the left shoulder
get whitewashed
swindle
7
run up bills
fly kites
Adj. not paying
non-paying
non-performing
in debt
behindhand
behind in payments
in arrears
beggared
(poor) 80
unable to make both ends meet
minus
worse than nothing;
worthless
insolvent
bankrupt
in the gazette
gazetted
unpaid
gratis
unremunerated
#809. Expenditure.-- N. expenditure
money going out
out goings
out
lay
expenses
disbursement
prime cost
circulation
run
upon a bank
payment
pay
bribe
fee
footing
garnish
subsidy
tribute
contingent
quota
donation
pay in advance
earnest
handsel
deposit
installment
investment
purchase
V. expend
spend
run through
get through
pay
disburse
ante
ante
up
pony up* [U.S.]
open the purse strings
loose the purse strings
untie
the purse strings
lay out
shell out*
fork out*
fork over
bleed
make
up a sum
invest
sink money
run up debts
run up bills (debt) 806
fee
pay one's way
subscribe
(give) 7
subsidize
Adj. expending
expended
sumptuary
Phr. vectigalia nervos esse reipublicae [Lat][Cicero]
#810. Receipt.-- N. receipt
value received
money coming in
income
incomings
innings
revenue
return
proceeds
gross receipts
net profit;
earnings
avails
rent
rent roll
rental
rack-rent
premium
bonus
sweepstakes
tontine
pension
annuity
jointure
alimony
palimony
[coll.]
pittance
emolument
V. receive
take money
draw from
derive from
acquire
7
take
bring in
yield
afford
pay
return
accrue
785
Adj. receiving
received
profitable
#811. Accounts.-- N. accounts
accompts|!
commercial arithmetic
monetary arithmetic
statistics
money matters
finance
budget
bill
score
reckoning
account
books
account book
ledger
day book
cash book
pass book
journal;
debtor and creditor account
cash account
running account
account
current
balance
balance sheet
account settled
acquit
assets
expenditure
liabilities
outstanding accounts
profit and loss
account
profit and loss statement
receipts
bookkeeping
accounting
double entry bookkeeping
reckoning
audit
[person who keeps accounts] accountant
auditor
actuary
bookkeeper
bean counter [derogatory]
financier
accounting party
chartered
accountant
certified accountant
accounting firm
auditing firm
V. keep accounts
enter
post
book
credit
debit
carry over
take
stock
balance accounts
make up accounts
square accounts
settle
accounts
wind up accounts
cast up accounts
make accounts square
square
accounts
bring to book
tax
surcharge and falsify
audit
field audit
check the books
verify accounts
falsify an account
garble an account
cook an account
cook the
books
doctor an account
Adj. monetary
accountable
accounting
<-- tax
value and cost should have separate entries -->