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.

—­ tax, value and cost should have separate entries —­
     #812.  Price.—­ N. price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge,
figure; demand, damage; fare, hire, wages &c. (remuneration) 973; value &c. 812a.
     dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess[obs3], sess[obs3], tallage[obs3],
levy; abkari[obs3]; capitation tax, poll tax; doomage [obs3][U.S.], likin[obs3]; gabel[obs3], gabelle[obs3]; gavel, octroi[obs3], custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment[obs3], ransom, salvage, tariff; brokerage, wharfage, freightage.
     bill &c. (account) 811; shot. 
     V. bear a price, set a price, fix a price; appraise, assess, doom
[U.S.], price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up; distrain; run up a bill &c. (debt) 806; have one’s price; liquidate.
     amount to, come to, mount up to; stand one in.
     fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford. 
     Adj. priced &c. v.; to the tune of, ad valorem; dutiable; mercenary,
venal. 
     Phr. no penny no paternoster[Lat]; point d’argent point de Suisse[Fr],
no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there’s no such thing as a free lunch.
     one may have it for; a bon marche[Fr].

     #812a.  Value [intrinsic worth] —­ N. {ant. to 812b} worth, rate,
value, intrinsic value, quality; par value.
     [estimated value] valuation, appraisal, assessment, appraisement.
     [value as estimated in a market] price current, market price,
quotation; fair price, going price; what it will fetch &c. v.; what the market will bear.
     money’s worth; penny &c. worth.
     cost (price) 812. 
     V. value[transitive], esteem; appreciate.
     [estimate value] appraise, evaluate, assess. 
     Adj. valuable, estimable; worthwhile; worthy, full of worth.
     precious (expensive) 814. 
     Phr. worth the price; worth a king’s ransom; accountants who know the
price of everything and the value of nothing.

     #812b.  Worthlessness —­ N. {ant. to 812a} worthlessness,
valuelessness[obs3]; lack of value; uselessness.
     [low value] cheapness, shoddiness; low quality, poor quality.
     [worthless item] trash, garbage. 
     Adj. worthless, valueless; useless.
     [of low value] cheap, shoddy; slapdash.
     inexpensive &c. 815. 
     Phr. not worth the paper it’s printed on, not worth a sou.

     #813.  Discount.—­ N. discount, abatement, concession, reduction,
depreciation, allowance; qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio[obs3], percentage; rebate, rebatement[obs3]; backwardation, contango[obs3]; salvage; tare and tret[obs3].
     sale, bargain; half price; price war.
     wholesale, wholesale price; dealer’s price; trade price.
     coupon, discount coupon, cents-off coupon; store coupon,
manufacturer’s coupon; double coupon discount,

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