Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
4. Monetary Relations
724 words | Chapter 156
#800. Money.—N. money, legal tender; money matters, money market;
finance; accounts &c. 811; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets
&c.(property) 780; wealth &c. 803; supplies, ways and means,
wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash; mammon.
[colloquial terms for money] dough, cabbage. money-like instruments,
M1, M2. sum, amount; balance, balance sheet; sum total; proceeds
&c.(receipts) 810. currency, circulating medium, specie, coin,
piece[Fr], hard cash, cold cash; dollar, sterling coin; pounds
shillings and pence; Ls.d.; pocket, 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, dibs*[obs3].
[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, roanoke[obs3], rock*; seawan[obs3],
seawant[obs3]; 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 [Fr][obsolete][obsolete], 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. Anthony dollar[obs3]. precious metals,
gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget. petty cash, pocket money,
change, small change, small coin, doit[obs3], stiver[obs3], rap, mite,
farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea; rouleau[obs3];
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, chrysology[obs3]. [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, assignat[obs3]; blueback [obs3][U.S.],
hundi[obs3], shinplaster* [U.S.]. note, note of hand; promissory note,
I O U; draft, check, cheque, back-dated check; negotiable order of
withdrawal, NOW. remittance &c.(payment) 807; credit &c.805; liability
&c.806. drawer, drawee[obs3]; obligor[obs3], obligee[obs3];
moneyer[obs3], 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, bureau de
change [French]. 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 &c. (security) 771; issue, utter; discount &c. 813; back;
demonetize, remonetize; fiscalize[obs3], 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, numismatical[obs3]; sterling;
nummary[obs3]. 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; questor[obs3], receiver,
steward, trustee, accountant, Accountant General, almoner, liquidator,
paymaster, cashier, teller; cambist[obs3]; money changer &c. (merchant)
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