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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection, security |
| Synonyms: | allowance, assurance, backing, cover, coverage, guarantee, indemnification, indemnity, provision, safeguard, support, warrant, warranty |
| Main Entry: | escrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collateral |
| Synonyms: | bond, deed, guarantee, insurance, pledge, security |
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, decrement, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, out of pocket, outdo, outlay, output, overhead, payroll, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, spending, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, assurance, attestation, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, certification, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, gage, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, recognizance, security, sure thing, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Notes: | guarantee is from Old French garant 'a warrant,' while warranty is from Old North French warantie, derived from warant 'a warrant.' Both garant and warant came from Frankish (the West Germanic language spoken in the 400s and 500s in the region of ancient Gaul that became France), represented by Old High German weren 'to confirm, warrant.' Guarantee is a general term for a representation regarding a good's quality and performance - and warranty is the legal term for the document; the person to whom it is issued is the warrantee with the issuer being the warrantor |
| Main Entry: | overhead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | general, continuing costs of operation |
| Synonyms: | budget, burden, cost, depreciation, expense, expenses, insurance, outlay, rent, upkeep, utilities |
| Main Entry: | precaution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness; preventative measure |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, canniness, care, caution, circumspection, discreetness, discretion, foresight, forethought, insurance, protection, providence, provision, prudence, regard, safeguard, safety measure, wariness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | affiance, affirmation, agreement, asseveration, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, sacred word, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
| Main Entry: | protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, guardianship |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, guarding, insurance, invulnerability, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, self-defense, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, wardship |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply |
| Synonyms: | ace in hole, assets, backlog, cache, capital, drop, emergency fund, fund, hoard, insurance, inventory, nest egg, plant, provisions, rainy day fund, reservoir, resources, savings, stash, stock, stockpile, store, wealth |
| Antonyms: | emptiness, nothing |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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