Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
3. Interchange of Property
873 words | Chapter 155
#794. Barter.—N. barter, exchange, scorse|, truck system;
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interchange &c. 148.
a Roland for an Oliver; quid pro quo; commutation, composition;
Indian
gift [U.S.].
trade, commerce, mercature|, buying and selling, bargain and sale;
traffic, business, nundination|, custom, shopping; commercial
enterprise,
speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing[obs3], agiotage[obs3],
brokery[obs3].
deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain.
free trade.
V. barter, exchange, swap, swop[obs3], truck, scorse|; interchange
&c.
148; commutate &c.(substitute) 147; compound for.
trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate|; carry on
a
trade, ply a trade, drive a trade; be in business, be in the city; keep
a
shop, deal in, employ one's capital in.
trade with, deal with, have dealings with; transact business with,
do
business with; open an account with, keep an account with.
bargain; drive a bargain, make a bargain; negotiate, bid for;
haggle,
higgle[obs3]; dicker [U.S.]; chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down;
stickle, stickle for; out bid, under bid; ask, charge; strike a bargain
&c.
(contract) 769.
speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring; buy in the cheapest
and
sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high; corner the market;
rig
the market, stag the market.
Adj. commercial, mercantile, trading; interchangeable, marketable,
staple, in the market, for sale.
wholesale, retail.
Adv. across the counter.
Phr. cambio non e furto[It].
#795. Purchase.—N. purchase, emption[obs3]; buying, purchasing,
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shopping; preemption, refusal.
coemption[obs3], bribery; slave trade.
buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee; patron, employer, client,
customer,
clientele.
V. buy, purchase, invest in, procure; rent &c. (hire) 788;
repurchase,
buy in.
keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn; pay &c.807; spend &c.809.
make a purchase, complete a purchase; buy over the counter.
shop, market, go shopping.
Adj. purchased &c. v.
Phr. caveat emptor; the customer is always right.
#796. Sale.—N. sale, vent, disposal; auction, roup, Dutch auction;
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outcry, vendue[obs3]; custom &c. (traffic) 794.
vendibility, vendibleness[obs3].
seller; vender, vendor; merchant &c. 797; auctioneer.
V. sell, vend, dispose of, effect a sale; sell over the counter,
sell
by auction &c. n.; dispense, retail; deal in &c. 794; sell off, sell
out;
turn into money, realize; bring to the hammer, bring under the hammer,
put
up to auction, put up for auction; offer for sale, put up for sale;
hawk,
bring to market; offer &c. 763; undersell.
let; mortgage &c.(security) 771.
Adj. under the hammer, on the market, for sale.
salable, marketable, vendible; unsalable &c., unpurchased[obs3],
unbought; on one's hands.
Phr. chose qui plait est a demi vendue[obs3][Fr].
#797. Merchant.—N. merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler,
salesman; changer; regrater[obs3]; shopkeeper, shopman[obs3];
tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk. retailer; chapman, hawker,
huckster, higgler[obs3]; pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus[obs3];
sutler[obs3], vivandiere[obs3]; costerman[obs3], costermonger[obs3];
tallyman; camelot; faker; vintner. money broker, money changer, money
lender; cambist[obs3], usurer, moneyer[obs3], banker. jobber; broker
&c. (agent) 758; buyer &c. 795; seller &c.796; bear, bull. concern;
firm &c. (partnership) 712.
#798. Merchandise.—N. merchandise, ware, commodity, effects, goods,
article, stock, product, produce, staple commodity; stock in trade &c.
(store) 636; cargo &c. (contents) 190.
#799. Mart.—N. mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple,
exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse;
Tattersall's. stall, booth, stand, newsstand; cart, wagon. wharf;
office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau; counter, compter[Fr]. shop,
emporium, establishment; store &c.636; department store, general store,
five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store [U.S.], grindery
warehouse[obs3]. [food stores: list] grocery, supermarket, candy store,
sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop,
butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy,
health food store. [specialized stores: list] tobacco shop, tobacco
store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop,
bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store,
drugstore, chemist's [British], florist, flower shop, shoe store,
stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store,
record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental
store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home
improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used
car dealer. mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall; shopping
street. surplus store, army-navy surplus store. [locations where used
articles are sold] auction; flea market; yard sale, garage sale; pawn
shop; antiques store; second-hand store, second time around shop,
thrift shop. warehouse, wareroom[obs3]; depot, interposit[obs3],
entrepot[Fr]. market-overt. real-estate broker. vending machine.
#799a. Stock Market [specialized markets for financial instruments]—
N. stock market, stock exchange, securities exchange; bourse, board;
the big board, the New York Stock Exchange; the market, the open
market; over- the-counter market; privately traded issues. commodities
exchange, futures exchange, futures market. the pit, the floor. ticker,
stock ticker, quotation; stock index, market index, the Dow Jones
Index, the Dow Industrials, the transportation index, utilities, the
utilities index; the New York Stock Exchange index, the Nikkei index
[Japan]; the Financial Times index, the FTI [England], the
over-the-counter index, NASDAQ index. [person or firm trading
securities] broker, stockbroker, jobber, stock dealer, odd-lot dealer;
specialist. [person who buys or sells stocks] investor, speculator,
operator; bull, buyer; bear, short seller; scalper, arbitrager[obs3],
arbitrageur[obs3]; stockholder, share-holder, stockholder of record;
bond holder, coupon-clipper [derogatory]. investment; speculation. V.
speculate, invest, trade, trade stocks, play the market; buy long, sell
short, take a position, straddle; take a plunge, plunge in, take a
flier [coll.].
#799b. Securities.—N. securities, stocks, common stock, preferred
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stock, bonds, puts, calls, options, option contract, warrants,
commercial
paper, bearer bond, tax-exempt bond, callable bond, convertable
bond[obs3].
share, stock certificate; coupon, bond coupon.
liquid assets.
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