| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | movable barrier at entrance |
| Synonyms: | access, bar, conduit, door, doorway, egress, exit, fence, gateway, issue, lock, opening, passage, port, portal, portcullis, revolving door, slammer, turnstile, way, weir |
| Notes: | a gait is a person's manner of walking or a horse's manner of moving; a gate is a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall, or the total admission receipts at a sports or entertainment event |
| Main Entry: | attendance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | people present at event |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, audience, box office, company, congregation, crowd, draw, gate, gathering, gross, house, observers, onlookers, patrons, public, spectators, turnout, witnesses |
| Main Entry: | dam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embankment, wall |
| Synonyms: | bank, barrage, barrier, dike, ditch, gate, grade, hindrance, levee, milldam, millpond, obstruction, weir |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | ax, bounce, bum's rush, congé, demobilization, ejection, gate, old heave ho, pink slip, the boot, the door, walking papers |
| Antonyms: | assignment, delegation, employment, engagement, hiring |
| Main Entry: | door |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entrance to room, building |
| Synonyms: | aperture, egress, entry, entryway, exit, gate, gateway, hatch, hatchway, ingress, opening, portal, postern, slammer |
| Main Entry: | earnings |
| 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: | entrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a way into a place |
| Synonyms: | access, approach, archway, avenue, corridor, door, doorway, entry, entryway, gate, gateway, hall, hallway, ingress, inlet, lobby, opening, passage, passageway, path, porch, port, portal, portico, staircase, threshold, vestibule, way |
| Antonyms: | exit |
| Main Entry: | entry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way in to a place |
| Synonyms: | access, adit, approach, avenue, door, doorway, entrance, foyer, gate, hall, ingress, ingression, inlet, lobby, opening, passage, passageway, portal, threshold, vestibule |
| Antonyms: | egress, exit |
| Main Entry: | eviction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | throwing out of a residence |
| Synonyms: | boot, bounce*, bum's rush, clearance, dislodgement, dispossession, ejection, expulsion, kicking out, ouster, removal, rush, the gate, walking papers |
| Antonyms: | admittance, boarding, including, leasing, receiving, renting, welcome, welcoming |