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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | negotiate terms of sale or agreement |
| Synonyms: | agree, arrange, barter, buy, compromise, confer, contract, covenant, deal, dicker, do business, haggle, make terms, palter, promise, sell, stipulate, trade, traffic, transact |
| Main Entry: | cut a deal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a deal |
| Synonyms: | bargain, barter, bicker, dicker, do business, hammer out a deal, negotiate, trade, work out a deal |
| Main Entry: | grease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bribe |
| Synonyms: | buy off, corrupt, do business, entice, fix*, influence, oil someone's palm, pay off, take care of, tamper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay back, make restitution |
| Synonyms: | ante up, atone, atone for, balance, comp, compensate, cough up, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, do business, equalize, expiate, fix, give satisfaction, grease, indemnify, make amends, make good, make up for, offset, overcompensate, pay, pay for, propitiate, put out, reciprocate, recoup, recover, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, retaliate, retrieve, return, reward, satisfy, spring for, square*, sweeten the pot, swing for, take care of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remunerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate, reward |
| Synonyms: | accord, ante up, award, dish out, do business, grant, guerdon, indemnify, pay, pay off, pay up, post, recompense, redress, reimburse, repay, requite, shell out, spring for, vouchsafe |
| Antonyms: | charge, seize, take, withhold |
| Main Entry: | truck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buy and sell |
| Synonyms: | bargain, barter, deal, deal in, do business, exchange, handle, have dealings, negotiate, peddle, retail, swap, trade, traffic, transact, wholesale |
| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be employed; exert oneself |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself, be gainfully employed, buckle down, carry on, dig, do a job, do business, drive, drudge, earn a living, freelance, have a job, hold a job, hustle*, knuckle down, labor, manage, manufacture, moil, moonlight, nine-to-five it, peg away, plug away, ply, punch a clock, pursue, report, scratch, slave, slog, specialize, strain, strive, sweat*, take on, toil, try |
| Antonyms: | idle, laze, relax, rest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buy off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bribe someone in order to receive a favor |
| Synonyms: | bribe, do business, get to, grease palm, influence, lubricate, make a deal, pay off, sweeten the pot, tamper |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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