| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | currency accepted as exchange for goods, services |
| Synonyms: | almighty dollar, banknote, bankroll, bill, bread, bucks, capital, cash, check, chips, coin, coinage, dough, finances, fund, funds, gold, gravy, greenback, hard cash, legal tender, loot*, medium of exchange, pay, payment, pesos, property, resources, riches, roll, salary, silver, specie, treasure, wad, wage, wealth, wherewithal |
| Concept: | Money. |
| Category: | 4. Monetary Relations |
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-nouns
money matters, money market; finance; accounts; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets (property); wealth; supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash., sum, amount; balance, balance sheet; sumtotal; proceeds(receipts)., currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece, hard cash, dollar, sterling coin; pounds shillings and pence; pounds s.d.; pocket, breeches pocket, purse; money in hand, ready money; rhino, blunt, dust, mopus, tin, salt, chink; argent comptant; bottom dollar, buzzard dollar; cent, checks, dibs, dime, double eagle, dough, eagle; Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency; long bit, short bit [U.S.]; moss, nickel, pile, pin money, quarter [U.S.], red cent, roanoke, rock; seawan, seawant; slug [U.S.], wad [U.S.]., precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget., petty cash, pocket money, change, small coin, doit, stiver, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea; rouleau; wampum; good sum, round sum, lump sum; power of money, plum, lac of rupees., [Science of coins] numismatics, chrysology., paper money, greenback; money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat; blueback [U.S.], hundi, shinplaster [U.S.]., note, note of hand; promissory note, I O U; draft, check, cheque., remittance(payment); credit; liability., drawer, drawee; obligor, obligee; moneyer, coiner., false money, bad money; base coin, flash note, slip, kite; fancy stocks; Bank of Elegance., argumentum ad crumenam.
-verbs
amount to, come to, mount up to; touch the pocket; draw, draw upon; endorse (security), indorse; issue, utter; discount; back; demonetize, remonetize; fiscalize, monetize.
-adjectives
monetary, pecuniary, crumenal, fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatical; sterling; nummary.
-phrases
barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives [Ovid]; "but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that honor feels" [Tennyson]; Gelt regiert die Welt; nervos belli pecuniam
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| Main Entry: | backer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supporter |
| Synonyms: | advocate, ally, angel*, benefactor, champion, endorser, follower, grubstaker, meal ticket, money, patron, promoter, protagonist, sponsor, staker, underwriter, well-wisher |
| Antonyms: | antagonist, opponent, opposer |
| Main Entry: | capital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial assets |
| Synonyms: | CD, IRA, business, cash, estate, finances, financing, fortune, funds, gold, interests, investment, kitty, means, money, nest egg, principal, property, resources, savings, stake, stock, substance, treasure, ways and means, wealth, wherewithal |
| Notes: | the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government |
| Main Entry: | coin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | metallic money |
| Synonyms: | bread, cash, change, chicken feed, chips, coinage, copper, currency, doubloon, dough, gold, jack, legal tender, meter money, mintage, money, piece, scratch*, silver, small change, specie |
| Antonyms: | bill, dollar |
| Main Entry: | enclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something included with a letter |
| Synonyms: | check, circular, copy, document, form, information, money, printed matter, questionnaire |
| Main Entry: | finance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | economic affairs |
| Synonyms: | accounts, banking, business, commerce, economics, financial affairs, investment, money, money management |
| Main Entry: | financier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who lends money, advises |
| Synonyms: | Santa Claus, backer, banker, bankroller, broker, businessperson, capitalist, entrepreneur, fat cat, grubstaker, manipulator, merchant, money, money lender, moneybags, operator, person who writes the checks, rich person, speculator, sponsor, staker, stockbroker, tycoon, usurer |
| Main Entry: | fiscal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | monetary |
| Synonyms: | budgetary, commercial, economic, financial, money, pecuniary, pocket |
| Notes: | monetary means 'pertaining or relating to money or currency' and fiscal means 'pertaining or relating to finance and financial matters, especially of government and taxes |