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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, enhance |
| Synonyms: | advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, be good for, better, build, contribute to, do for one, do the trick, favor, fill the bill, further, improve, make a killing, make it, pay, pay off, profit, promote, relieve, serve, succor, work for |
| Antonyms: | handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, injure |
| 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: | cash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange for real money |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, break a bill, change, discharge, draw, honor, liquidate, make change, pay, realize, redeem |
| Main Entry: | chip in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute |
| Synonyms: | ante up, break in, chime in, come through, conate, go Dutch, interpose, interrupt, pay, pitch in, subscribe |
| Antonyms: | pilfer, take, take away |
| Main Entry: | commendation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving of praise; acclaim |
| Synonyms: | Brownie points, PR, acclamation, approbation, approval, award, bouquet, credit, encomium, encouragement, good opinion, honor, panegyric, pat on the back, pat on the head, pay, plum, points, posy, puff, pumping up, rave, recommendation, shot in the arm, stroke, stroking, tribute |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, criticism, disapproval, reprimand |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share of a profit |
| Synonyms: | allowance, ante, bite*, bonus, brokerage, chunk, compensation, cut, cut-in, discount, end*, factorage, fee, indemnity, juice, pay, payment, percentage, piece, piece of the action, rake-off, remuneration, royalty, salary, slice*, stipend, taste, vigorish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compensate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make restitution |
| Synonyms: | atone, come down with, commit, guerdon, indemnify, make good, pay, pay up, plank out, pony up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, shell out, take care of, tickle the palm |
| Antonyms: | deprive, fine, forfeit, lose |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dividend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's share, profit |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, appropriation, bonus, carrot, check, coupon, cut*, dispensation, divvy, extra, gain, gravy, guerdon, interest, lagniappe, meed, pay, portion, premium, prize, proceeds, remittance, returns, reward, surplus, taste* |
| Antonyms: | loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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