#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.


