Nearby Words
Lien [leen, lee-uhn] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
lien [leen, lee-uhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: right to dispose of property
Synonyms: charge, claim, hold on property, security on property
Notes: lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess, while a lien is the right to take or sell another's property if an obligation is not met
Main Entry: claim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: property, right demanded or reserved
Synonyms: affirmation, allegation, application, assertion, birthright, call, case, counterclaim, declaration, demand, dibs, due, entreaty, interest, lien, part, petition, plea, postulation, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, protestation, reclamation, request, requirement, requisition, suit, title, ultimatum
Main Entry: credit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deferred payment arrangement; assets
Synonyms: balance, bond, capital outlay, continuance, debenture, extension, installment buying, installment plan, lien, loan, mortgage, on account, on the arm, on the cuff, plastic, respite, securities, stock, surplus cash, tab, trust, wealth
Antonyms: cash
Example Sentences
  • Those who filed liens against the owner before the board filed its lien would have priority.
  • Good people do not have an exclusive lien on good ideas.
  • They can be demanding, too: when lending money, banks usually insist on a lien on salaries.
EXPAND
Main Entry: demand
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: question, request
Synonyms: appeal, application, arrogation, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, counterclaim, entreatment, entreaty, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, solicitation, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want
Antonyms: grant, offer, reply
Main Entry: spleen
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hate
Synonyms: anger, caprice, choler, depression, dislike, grudge, hatred, hostility, ire, lien, malice, melancholy, milt, rancor, resentment, spite, whim, wrath
Antonyms: good humor
Related Words
Main Entry: credit
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
accredited, bailable, chalked up, credential, creditable, credited, crediting
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Credit.
Category: 4. Monetary Relations
Synonyms:
-nouns
credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account., letter of credit, circular note; duplicate; mortgage, lien, debenture, paper credit, floating capital; draft, lettre de creance, securities., creditor, lender, lessor, mortgagee; dun; usurer.
-verbs
keep an account with, run up an account with; intrust, credit, accredit., place to one's credit, place to one's account; give credit, take credit; fly a kite.
-adjectives
crediting, credited; accredited.
-adverbs
on credit; to the account of, to the credit of; a compte.
Antonyms: debt
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