| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for work performed |
| Synonyms: | balance, bottom line, emolument, gain, gate, groceries, in the black, income, lucre, net, pay, payoff, piece of the pie, proceeds, profit, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, reward, salary, salt, stipend, take-home, takings, wages |
| Antonyms: | bills, debt, losses, payout |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | funds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cash reserve |
| Synonyms: | accounts receivable, affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, belongings, bread, budget, capital, collateral, currency, dough, earnings, finance, fluid assets, hard cash, kitty, lucre, means, money, money in the bank, money on hand, nest egg, nut*, petty cash, pork barrel, possessions, proceeds, profits, property, ready money, resources, revenue, savings, scratch*, securities, specie, stakes, store*, stuff*, substance, treasure, wealth, wherewithal, winnings |
| Antonyms: | debt |
| Main Entry: | gain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acquisition, winnings |
| Synonyms: | accretion, accrual, accumulation, achievement, addition, advance, advancement, advantage, attainment, benefit, boost, buildup, cut, dividend, earnings, emolument, gravy, growth, headway, hike, improvement, income, increase, increment, lucre, payoff, proceeds, produce, profit, progress, receipts, return, rise, share, take, up*, upping, velvet*, yield |
| Antonyms: | expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, loss, waste |
| Main Entry: | income |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money earned by work or investments |
| Synonyms: | assets, avails, benefits, bottom line, cash, cash flow, commission, compensation, dividends, drawings, earnings, gains, gravy, gross, harvest, honorarium, in the black, interest, livelihood, means, net, pay, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, returns, revenue, royalty, salary, take home, wage |
| Antonyms: | bills, debt, expenses |
| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share, investment |
| Synonyms: | accrual, authority, bonus, claim, commitment, credit, discount, due, earnings, gain, influence, involvement, participation, percentage, piece, points, portion, premium, right, stake, title |
| Main Entry: | lucre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money, profits |
| Synonyms: | capital, cash, earnings, funds, gain, gate*, gravy, income, proceeds, receipts, resources, revenue, riches, take*, wealth |
| Main Entry: | pay dirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | profit |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, benefit, bottom line, cleanup, earnings, gate*, goods*, gravy, harvest, killing*, net, payoff, proceeds, receipts, return, revenue, score*, split*, surplus, take*, winnings |
| Main Entry: | profit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gain |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, acquisition, advancement, advantage, aggrandizement, augmentation, avail, benefit, bottom line, cleanup, earnings, emoluments, gate*, goods*, gravy, gross, harvest, income, interest, killing, lucre, net, output, outturn, percentage, proceeds, product, production, receipt, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, saving, skim, split*, surplus, take*, takings, turnout, use, value, velvet*, winnings, yield |
| Antonyms: | loss |