% Section IV.  POSSESSIVE RELATIONS % —­ That is, relations which concern property. —­ % 1.  Property in general %

     #775.  Acquisition.—­ N. acquisition; gaining &c. v.; obtainment;
procuration[obs3], procurement; purchase, descent, inheritance; gift &c. 784.
     recovery, retrieval, revendication[obs3], replevin[Law], restitution
&c. 790; redemption, salvage, trover[Law].
     find, trouvaille[obs3], foundling.
     gain, thrift; money-making, money grubbing; lucre, filthy lucre, pelf;
loaves and fishes, the main chance; emolument &c. (remuneration) 973.
     profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit; avails;
income &c. (receipt) 810; proceeds, produce, product; outcome, output; return, fruit, crop, harvest; second crop, aftermath; benefit &c. (good) 618.
     sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool; pot; wealth &c. 803.
      subreption[obs3][Fraudulent acquisition]; obreption[obs3]; stealing
&c. 791. 
     V. acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect &c.
(assemble) 72; pick, pickup; glean.

     find; come upon, pitch upon, light upon; scrape up, scrape together;
get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure; derive, draw, get in the harvest.
     profit; make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit; turn to profit,
turn to account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a return, reap the fruits of; reap an advantage, gain an advantage; turn a penny, turn an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill; make money, coin money, raise money; raise funds, raise the wind; fill one’s pocket &c. (wealth) 803.
     treasure up &c. (store) 636; realize, clear; produce &c. 161; take &c.
789.
     get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate[obs3], replevy[Law],
redeem, come by one’s own.
     come by, come in for; receive &c. 785; inherit; step into a fortune,
step into the shoes of; succeed to.
     get hold of, get between one’s finger and thumb, get into one’s hand,
get at; take possession, come into possession, enter into possession.
     be profitable &c. adj.; pay, answer.
     accrue &c. (be received) 785. 
     Adj. acquiring, acquired &c. v.; profitable, advantageous, gainful,
remunerative, paying, lucrative. 
     Phr. lucri causa[Lat].

     #776.  Loss.—­ N. loss; deperdition[obs3], perdition; forfeiture,
lapse.
     privation, bereavement; deprivation &c. (dispossession) 789; riddance;
damage, squandering, waste. 
     V. lose; incur a loss, experience a loss, meet with a loss; miss;
mislay, let slip, allow to slip through the fingers; be without &c. (exempt) 777a; forfeit.
     get rid of &c. 782; waste &c. 638.
     be lost; lapse. 
     Adj. losing &c. v.; not having &c. 777a.
     shorn of, deprived of; denuded, bereaved, bereft, minus, cut off;
dispossessed &c. 789; rid of, quit of; out of pocket.
     lost &c. v.; long lost; irretrievable &c. (hopeless) 859; off one’s
hands. 
     Int. farewell to! adieu to.