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| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, benefit |
| Synonyms: | asset, avail, behalf, benediction, blessing, boon*, commonwealth, favor, gain, godsend, good fortune, interest, nugget, plum, prize, profit, prosperity, service, treasure, use, usefulness, welfare, well-being, windfall |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | increment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small step toward gain |
| Synonyms: | accession, accretion, accrual, accrument, addition, advancement, augmentation, enlargement, increase, profit, raise, rise, supplement |
| Antonyms: | decrease, loss |
| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | benefit, gain, good, profit, prosperity, welfare, well-being |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good fortune |
| Synonyms: | advantage, big break, blessing, break*, fluke, fortunateness, godsend, good luck, happiness, health, in the cards, karma*, kismet*, luckiness, lucky break, occasion, opportunity, profit, prosperity, run of luck, serendipity, smile*, streak of luck, stroke, success, triumph, victory, weal, wealth, win, windfall |
| Antonyms: | bad fortune, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | advantage, avail, concern, consequence, gravity, import, magnitude, momentousness, note, pith, profit, seriousness, significance, signification, substance, use, value, weight, weightiness, worth |
| Antonyms: | triviality, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | output |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something produced |
| Synonyms: | achievement, amount, crop, gain, harvest, making, manufacture, manufacturing, producing, product, production, productivity, profit, take, turnout, yield |
| Antonyms: | input |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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