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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make money |
| Synonyms: | acquire, attain, be gainfully employed, be in line for, bring home, bring home the bacon, bring home the groceries, bring in, clean up, clear*, collect, consummate, cop, derive, draw, effect, gain, gather, get, gross, hustle, make, make fast buck, make it big, net, obtain, pay one's dues, perform, pick up, procure, profit, pull down, pull*, rate, realize, reap, receive, scare up, score*, scrape together, secure, snag*, sock, turn, win, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | cost, lose, spend, throw away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | achieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, cap, carry out, carry through, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, earn wings, effect, effectuate, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, get done, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, see through, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out |
| Notes: | achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss |
| Main Entry: | acquire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain or receive |
| Synonyms: | access, achieve, amass, annex, attain, bring in, buy, catch, collect, cop, corral*, earn, gain, gather, get, get hands on, get hold of, grab, have, hustle, land, latch onto, lock up, pick up, procure, promote, rack up, scare up, secure, snag*, take, take possession of, wangle, win |
| Notes: | a person or thing is the subject of (acquire) the acquiring process; a person or thing is the object or goal of (accrue) the accruing process |
| Antonyms: | fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | accede to, acquire, arrive, arrive at, bring off, come through, complete, cop, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get fat, get hands on, get there, get*, glom onto, grasp, hit, latch onto, make it, obtain, procure, promote, pull off, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win |
| Notes: | obtain means to come into possession of; attain means to gain with effort |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, give up, lose, miss, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command a price |
| Synonyms: | afford, bring in, draw, earn, fetch, gross, net, produce, return, sell for, take, yield |
| Main Entry: | bring in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a profit |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, be worth, bear, bring, cost, earn, fetch, gain, get, gross, make, pay, produce, realize, return, sell, yield |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lose |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | profit |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, acquire, clean up, earn, gain, gather, get, glean, make, net, obtain, pick up, realize, reap, receive, secure, win |
| Main Entry: | deserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be entitled to |
| Synonyms: | be given one's due, be in line for, be worthy of, demand, earn, gain, get, get comeuppance, get what is coming to one, have it coming, have the right to, justify, lay claim to, merit, procure, rate, warrant, win |
| Main Entry: | fetch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go get, bring in |
| Synonyms: | back, be sold for, bear, bring, bring back, bring to, buck, call for, carry, conduct, convey, deliver, draw forth, earn, elicit, escort, get, give rise to, go for, gun, heel, lead, lug, make, obtain, pack, piggyback, produce, realize, retrieve, ride, schlepp, sell, sell for, shoulder, tote, transport, truck, yield |
| Antonyms: | free, let go |
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