Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

     #809.  Expenditure.—­ N. expenditure, money going out; out goings, out
lay; expenses, disbursement; prime cost &c. (price) 812; circulation; run upon a bank.
      payment &c.807[Money paid]; pay &c. (remuneration) 973; bribe &c.
973; fee, footing, garnish; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation &c.784.
     pay in advance, earnest, handsel, deposit, installment.
     investment; purchase &c. 795. 
     V. expend, spend; run through, get through; pay, disburse; ante, ante
up; pony up* [U.S.]; open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings; lay out, shell out*, fork out*, fork over; bleed; make up a sum, invest, sink money.
     run up debts, run up bills (debt) 806.
     fee &c. (reward) 973; pay one’s way &c. (pay) 807; subscribe &c.
(give) 784; subsidize. 
     Adj. expending, expended &c. v.; sumptuary. 
     Phr. vectigalia nervos esse reipublicae [Lat][Cicero].

     #810.  Receipt.—­ N. receipt, value received, money coming in; income,
incomings, innings, revenue, return, proceeds; gross receipts, net profit; earnings &c. (gain) 775; accepta[obs3], avails.
     rent, rent roll; rental, rentage[obs3]; rack-rent.
     premium, bonus; sweepstakes, tontine.
     pension, annuity; jointure &c.(property) 780[obs3]; alimony, palimony
[coll.], pittance; emolument &c. (remuneration) 973. 
     V. receive &c. 785; take money; draw from, derive from; acquire &c.
775; take &c. 789.
     bring in, yield, afford, pay, return; accrue &c. (be received from)
785. 
     Adj. receiving, received &c. v.; profitable &c. (gainful) 775.

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     #811.  Accounts.—­ N. accounts, accompts|!; commercial arithmetic,
monetary arithmetic; statistics &c. (numeration) 85; money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account.
     books, account book, ledger; day book, cash book, pass book; journal;
debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account; account current; balance, balance sheet; compte rendu[Fr], account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts; profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts.
     bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping, reckoning.
     audit.
     [person who keeps accounts] accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper,
bean counter [derogatory]; financier &c. 801; accounting party; chartered accountant, certified accountant; accounting firm, auditing firm. 
     V. keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over; take
stock; balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts; make accounts square, square accounts.
     bring to book, tax, surcharge and falsify.
     audit, field audit; check the books, verify accounts.
     falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the
books, doctor an account. 
     Adj. monetary &c.800; accountable, accounting.

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