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| Main Entry: |
sock away
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bank |
| Synonyms: | amass, deposit, heap, hill, hoard, invest, lay aside, lay away, mass, mound, pile, put by, salt away, save, speculate, squirrel, stash |
| Main Entry: | conserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save, protect |
| Synonyms: | cut back, cut down on, go easy on, hoard, keep, maintain, nurse, preserve, safeguard, scrimp, skimp, sock away, squirrel, squirrel away, stash, steward, store up, support, sustain, take care of, use sparingly |
| Antonyms: | destroy, neglect, spend, squander, use, waste |
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, put in place for safekeeping |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, give in trust, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, lay away, park, place, plant*, plop, plunk down, plunk, precipitate, put aside, put by, repose, rest, salt away, save, settle, sit down, sock away, squirrel away, stash, stock up, store, stow, transfer, treasure |
| Antonyms: | take away, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hoard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put away, accumulate |
| Synonyms: | acquire, amass, buy up, cache, collect, deposit, garner, gather, hide, keep, lay away, lay up, pile up, put aside for rainy day, put by, save, scrimp, sock away, squirrel, stash, stockpile, store, stow away, treasure |
| Notes: | a hoard is a collection or the action that creates one; a horde is a crowd, sometimes unfriendly |
| Antonyms: | expend, spend, squander, throw away, waste |
| Main Entry: | save |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | economize; set money aside for later use |
| Synonyms: | amass, be frugal, be thrifty, cache, collect, conserve, cut corners, deposit, feather nest, gather, hide away, hoard, hold, keep, lay aside, lay away, maintain, make ends meet, manage, pile up, pinch pennies, put by, reserve, retrench, roll back, salt away, save for rainy day, scrimp, skimp, sock away, spare, squirrel, stash, stockpile, store, stow away, tighten belt, treasure |
| Antonyms: | squander, throw away, waste |
| Main Entry: | stint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | economize; hold back |
| Synonyms: | be frugal, be parsimonious, be sparing, be stingy, begrudge, confine, cut corners, define, go easy on, grudge, limit, make ends meet, penny-pinch, pinch, restrain, roll back, save, save for rainy day, scrape, scrimp, skimp on, sock away, spare, squirrel, stash, tighten belt, withhold |
| Antonyms: | spend |
| Main Entry: | store |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collect and put aside |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, bin, bottle, bury, cache, can, cumulate, deposit, freeze, garner, hide, hive, hoard, hutch, keep, keep in reserve, lay away, lay up, lock away, lock up, mothball, pack, pack away, park, plant, put, put away, put by, put in storage, reserve, roll up, salt away, save, save for rainy day, sock away, squirrel, stash, stock, stockpile, treasure, victual, warehouse |
| Notes: | at first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred |
| Antonyms: | squander, use, waste |
| Main Entry: | squirrel away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save up |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, assemble, collect, garner, gather, harvest, hoard, pack away, put away, reap, sock away, stock up, store |
| Main Entry: | squirrel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hoard |
| Synonyms: | acquire, amass, buy up, cache, collect, deposit, garner, gather, hide, keep, lay away, lay up, pile up, put aside for rainy day, put by, save, scrimp, sock away, stash, stockpile, store, stow away, treasure |
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