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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excellent |
| Synonyms: | choice, exceptional, prime, select, selected, superior |
| Antonyms: | inferior, low, low-class, poor |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained, received |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, allowance, annuity, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, winnings |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most excellent |
| Synonyms: | 10, A-1, ace, bad*, beyond compare, boss*, capital, champion, chief, choicest, cool*, culminating, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, foremost, greatest, highest, incomparable, inimitable, leading, matchless, nonpareil, number 1, optimum, out-of-sight, outstanding, paramount, peerless, perfect, preeminent, premium, prime, primo, principal, sans pareil, second to none, super, superlative, supreme, terrific, tops, tough, transcendent, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed |
| Antonyms: | worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bonus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unexpected extra |
| Synonyms: | additional compensation, benefit, bounty, commission, dividend, fringe benefit, frosting, gift, golden parachute, goody, gratuity, gravy, hand-out, honorarium, ice*, perk*, plus*, premium, prize, reward, special compensation, tip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bounty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bonus; compensation |
| Synonyms: | donation, gift, grant, gratuity, largess, pay, premium, present, prize, recompense, reward |
| Main Entry: | compensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repayment; rectification |
| Synonyms: | advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, meet, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, quittance, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home, wage |
| Antonyms: | damage, deprivation, fine, forfeiture, loss, penalty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | costly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expensive |
| Synonyms: | an arm and leg, cher, dear, excessive, executive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, fancy, high, high-priced, highly priced, inordinate, precious, premium, pricey, steep, stiff*, top, valuable |
| Antonyms: | cheap, inexpensive, reasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reduction in cost |
| Synonyms: | abatement, allowance, commission, concession, cut, cut rate, decrease, deduction, depreciation, diminution, drawback, exemption, knock-off, markdown, modification, percentage, premium, qualification, rebate, remission, rollback, salvage, something off, subtraction, tare |
| Antonyms: | increase, mark-up, premium, rise |
| Main Entry: | dividend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's share, profit |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, appropriation, bonus, carrot, check, coupon, cut*, dispensation, divvy, extra, gain, gravy, guerdon, interest, lagniappe, meed, pay, portion, premium, prize, proceeds, remittance, returns, reward, surplus, taste* |
| Antonyms: | loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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