Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
797. financier. Secretary of the Treasury; Chancellor of the Exchequer,
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minister of finance.
#802. Treasury.—N. treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper[obs3];
cash register, kutcherry[obs3], bursary; strong box, strong hold,
strong room; coffer; chest &c.(receptacle) 191; safe; bank vault;
depository &c. 636; till, tiller; purse; money bag, money box;
porte-monnaie[Fr]. purse strings; pocket, breeches pocket. sinking
fund; stocks; public stocks, public funds, public securities,
parliamentary stocks, parliamentary funds, parliamentary securities;
Consols, credit mobilier[Fr]; bonds.
#803. Wealth.—N. wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune,
opulence, affluence; good circumstances, easy circumstances;
independence; competence &c. (sufficiency) 639; solvency. provision,
livelihood, maintenance; alimony, dowry; means, resources, substance;
property &c. 780; command of money. income &c. 810; capital, money;
round sum &c. (treasure) 800; 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]; embarras de richesses[Fr]. pelf, Mammon, lucre, filthy
lucre; loaves and fishes|!. rich man, moneyed man, warm man; man of
substance; capitalist, millionaire, tippybob*[obs3], Nabob, Croesus,
idas, Plutus, Dives, Timon of Athens[obs3]; Timocracy, Plutocracy;
Danae. V. be rich &c. adj.; 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 &c.
adj.; 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 &c. (treasury) 802; feather one's nest, make a fortune; make
money &c. (acquire) 775. [transitive] enrich, imburse[obs3]. 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, pecunious[obs3], out of debt, in the black, all
straight. Phr. one's ship coming in. amour fait beaucoup mais argent
fait tout [French: love does much but 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 domi[obs3][Lat], low
water, impecuniosity. beggary; mendicancy, mendicity[obs3]; broken
fortune, loss of fortune; insolvency &c. (nonpayment) 808. empty
pocket, empty purse; light purse; beggarly account of empty boxes.
[poor people] poor man, pauper, mendicant, mumper[obs3], beggar,
starveling; pauvre diable[Fr]; fakir|!, schnorrer|!; homeless person.
V. be poor &c. adj.; 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 &c. (money) 800, not have
a shot in one's locker; beg one's bread; tirer le diable par la
queue[Fr]; run into debt &c. (debt) 806. render poor &c. adj.;
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;
fortuneless[obs3], dowerless[obs3], moneyless[obs3], penniless;
unportioned[obs3], unmoneyed[obs3]; impecunious; out of money, out of
cash, short of money, short of cash; without a rap, not worth a rap
&c.(money) 800; qui n'a pas le sou[Fr], 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 &c. n.; 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 &c. (in debt) 806; insolvent &c. (not paying) 808. 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.
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letter of credit, circular note; duplicate; mortgage, lien,
debenture,
paper credit, floating capital; draft, lettre de creance[Fr][obs3],
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 &c. n.; on account; to the account of, to the
credit
of; a compte[Fr].
#806. Debt.—N. debt, obligation, liability, indebtment[obs3], debit,
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score.
bill; check; account (credit) 805.
arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency &c.
(nonpayment) 808; bad debt.
interest; premium; usance[obs3], usury; floating debt, floating
capital.
debtor, debitor[obs3]; mortgagor; defaulter &c. 808; borrower.
V. be in debt &c. adj.; owe; incur a debt, contract a debt &c. n.;
run
up a bill, run up a score, run up an account; go on tick; borrow &c.
788;
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 &c. (not paying) 808; minus, out of pocket.
unpaid; unrequited, unrewarded; owing, due, in arrear[obs3],
outstanding; past due.
Phr. aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit
[obs3][Latin];
"neither a borrower nor a lender be" [Hamlet].
#807. Payment.—N. payment, defrayment[obs3]; 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 &c.(reward)
973; money paid &c. (expenditure) 809. ready money &c. (cash) 800;
stake, remittance, installment. payer, liquidator &c. 801. 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 &c. 809; 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,
retribute[obs3]; make compensation &c.30. pay by credit card, put it on
the plastic. Adj. paying &c. paid &c. v.; owing nothing, out of debt,
all straight; unowed[obs3], never indebted. Adv. to the tune of; on the
nail, money down.
#808. Nonpayment—N. nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest,
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repudiation; application of the sponge|!; whitewashing.
insolvency, bankruptcy, failure; insufficiency &c. 640; 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 &c. 807; 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
&c.
791; run up bills, fly kites.
Adj. not paying, non-paying, non-performing; in debt &c. 806;
behindhand, in arrear[obs3], behind in payments, in arrears; beggared
&c.
(poor) 804; unable to make both ends meet, minus; worse than nothing;
worthless.
insolvent, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted.
unpaid &c. (outstanding) 806; gratis &c. 815; unremunerated.
#809. Expenditure.—N. expenditure, money going out; out goings, out
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lay; expenses, disbursement; prime cost &c. (price) 812; circulation;
run
upon a bank.
payment &c.807[Money paid]; pay &c. (remuneration) 973; bribe &c.
973; fee, footing, garnish; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota;
donation
&c.784.
pay in advance, earnest, handsel, deposit, installment.
investment; purchase &c. 795.
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 &c. (reward) 973; pay one's way &c. (pay) 807; subscribe &c.
(give) 784; subsidize.
Adj. expending, expended &c. v.; sumptuary.
Phr. vectigalia nervos esse reipublicae [Lat][Cicero].
#810. Receipt.—N. receipt, value received, money coming in; income,
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incomings, innings, revenue, return, proceeds; gross receipts, net
profit;
earnings &c. (gain) 775; accepta[obs3], avails.
rent, rent roll; rental, rentage[obs3]; rack-rent.
premium, bonus; sweepstakes, tontine.
pension, annuity; jointure &c.(property) 780[obs3]; alimony,
palimony
[coll.], pittance; emolument &c. (remuneration) 973.
V. receive &c. 785; take money; draw from, derive from; acquire
&c.
775; take &c. 789.
bring in, yield, afford, pay, return; accrue &c. (be received
from)
785.
Adj. receiving, received &c. v.; profitable &c. (gainful) 775.
#811. Accounts.—N. accounts, accompts|!; commercial arithmetic,
monetary arithmetic; statistics &c. (numeration) 85; 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; compte rendu[Fr], 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 &c. 801; 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 &c.800;
accountable, accounting.
#812. Price.—N. price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge,
figure; demand, damage; fare, hire, wages &c. (remuneration) 973; value
&c. 812a. dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess[obs3], sess[obs3],
tallage[obs3], levy; abkari[obs3]; capitation tax, poll tax; doomage
[obs3][U.S.], likin[obs3]; gabel[obs3], gabelle[obs3]; gavel,
octroi[obs3], custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths,
exactment[obs3], ransom, salvage, tariff; brokerage, wharfage,
freightage. bill &c. (account) 811; shot. V. bear a price, set a price,
fix a price; appraise, assess, doom [U.S.], price, charge, demand, ask,
require, exact, run up; distrain; run up a bill &c. (debt) 806; have
one's price; liquidate. amount to, come to, mount up to; stand one in.
fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford. Adj. priced &c. v.; to
the tune of, ad valorem; dutiable; mercenary, venal. Phr. no penny no
paternoster[Lat]; point d'argent point de Suisse[Fr], no longer pipe no
longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the
piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
one may have it for; a bon marche[Fr].
#812a. Value [intrinsic worth]—N. {ant. to 812b} worth, rate,
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value, intrinsic value, quality; par value.
[estimated value] valuation, appraisal, assessment, appraisement.
[value as estimated in a market] price current, market price,
quotation; fair price, going price; what it will fetch &c. v.; what the
market will bear.
money's worth; penny &c. worth.
cost (price) 812.
V. value[transitive], esteem; appreciate.
[estimate value] appraise, evaluate, assess.
Adj. valuable, estimable; worthwhile; worthy, full of worth.
precious (expensive) 814.
Phr. worth the price; worth a king's ransom; accountants who know
the
price of everything and the value of nothing.
#812b. Worthlessness—N. {ant. to 812a} worthlessness,
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valuelessness[obs3]; lack of value; uselessness.
[low value] cheapness, shoddiness; low quality, poor quality.
[worthless item] trash, garbage.
Adj. worthless, valueless; useless.
[of low value] cheap, shoddy; slapdash.
inexpensive &c. 815.
Phr. not worth the paper it's printed on, not worth a sou.
#813. Discount.—N. discount, abatement, concession, reduction,
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depreciation, allowance; qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage,
agio[obs3], percentage; rebate, rebatement[obs3]; backwardation,
contango[obs3]; salvage; tare and tret[obs3].
sale, bargain; half price; price war.
wholesale, wholesale price; dealer's price; trade price.
coupon, discount coupon, cents-off coupon; store coupon,
manufacturer's coupon; double coupon discount, triple coupon discount.
V. discount, bate; abate, rebate; reduce, price down, mark down
take
off, allow, give, make allowance; tax.
Adj. discounting &c. v.
Adv. at a discount, below par; at wholesale; have a friend in the
business.
#814. Dearness.—N. dearness &c. adj.; high price, famine price,
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fancy price; overcharge; extravagance; exorbitance, extortion; heavy
pull
upon the purse.
V. be dear &c. adj.; cost much, cost a pretty penny; rise in
price,
look up.
[demand a price in excess of value] overcharge, bleed, fleece,
extort.
[pay a price in excess of value] pay too much, pay through the
nose,
pay too dear for one's whistle, pay top dollar.
Adj. dear; high, high priced; of great price, expensive, costly,
precious; worth a Jew's eye|!, dear bought.
at a premium.
not to be had, not to be had for love or money; beyond price,
above
price, priceless, of priceless value.
[priced in excess of value] unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant,
extortionate; overpriced, more than it's woth.
Adv. dear, dearly; at great cost, heavy cost; a grands frais[Fr].
Phr. prices looking up; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle[French];
le
cout en ote le gout[Fr]; vel prece vel pretio[Lat][obs3]; too high a
price
to pay, not worth it.
#815. Cheapness.—N. cheapness, low price; depreciation; bargain;
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good penny &c. worth; snap [U.S.].
[Absence of charge] gratuity; free quarters, free seats, free
admission, pass, free pass, free warren, give-away, freebee [coll.];
run of
one's teeth; nominal price, peppercorn rent; labor of love.
drug in the market; deadhead[obs3].
V. be cheap &c. adj.; cost little; come down in price, fall in
price.
buy for a mere nothing, buy for an old song; have one's money's
worth.
Adj. cheap; low, low priced; moderate, reasonable; inexpensive,
unexpensive[obs3]; well worth the money, worth the money; magnifique et
pas
cher[French]; good at the price, cheap at the price; dirt cheap, dog
cheap;
cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty; catchpenny; discounted &c. 813.
half-price, depreciated, unsalable.
gratuitous, gratis, free, for nothing; costless,
expenseless[obs3];
without charge, not charged, untaxed; scotfree, shotfree[obs3],
rent-free;
free of cost, free of expense; honorary, unbought, unpaid.
Adv. for a mere song, for a song; at cost, at cost price, at prime
cost, at a reduction; a bon marche[Fr].
#816. Liberality.—N. liberality, generosity, munificence; bounty,
bounteousness, bountifulness; hospitality; charity &c. (beneficence)
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