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789. Taking — N. taking &c v.; reception &c (taking in) 296; deglutition &c (taking food) 298; appropriation, prehension, prensation†; capture, caption; apprehension, deprehension†; abreption†, seizure, expropriation, abduction, ablation; subtraction, withdrawal &c 38; abstraction, ademption†; adrolepsy†. dispossession; deprivation, deprivement†; bereavement; divestment; disherison†; distraint, distress; sequestration, confiscation; eviction &c 297. rapacity, rapaciousness, extortion, vampirism; theft &c 791. resumption; reprise, reprisal; recovery &c 775. clutch, swoop, wrench; grip &c (retention) 781; haul, take, catch; scramble. taker, captor. [Descent of one of the earth's crustal plates under another plate] subduction [Geol.]. V. take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept. reap, crop, cull, pluck; gather &c (get) 775; draw. appropriate, expropriate, impropriate†; assume, possess oneself of; take possession of; commandeer; lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on; help oneself to; make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution; intercept; scramble for; deprive of. take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off; adeem†; abstract; hurry off with, run away with; abduct; steal &c 791; ravish; seize; pounce upon, spring upon; swoop to, swoop down upon; take by storm, take by assault; snatch, reave†. snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up; kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on. get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of; lay by the heels, take prisoner; fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of. catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at; reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand. take from, take away from; disseize†; deduct &c 38; retrench &c (curtail) 201; dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp; tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from; extort; deprive of, bereave; disinherit, cut off with a shilling. oust &c (eject) 297; divest; levy, distrain, confiscate; sequester, sequestrate; accroach†; usurp; despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume†, impoverish, eat out of house and home; drain, drain to the dregs; gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up; absorb &c (suck in) 296; draw off; suck the blood of, suck like a leech. retake, resume; recover &c 775. Adj. taking &c v.; privative†, prehensile; predaceous, predal†, predatory, predatorial†; lupine, rapacious, raptorial; ravenous; parasitic. bereft &c 776. Adv. at one fell swoop. Phr. give an inch and take an ell.

790. Restitution — N. restitution, return; rendition, reddition†; restoration; reinvestment, recuperation; rehabilitation &c (reconstruction) 660; reparation, atonement; compensation, indemnification. release, replevin [Law], redemption; recovery &c (getting back) 775; remitter, reversion. V. return, restore; give back, carry back, bring back; render, render up; give up; let go, unclutch; disgorge, regorge†; regurgitate; recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify; remit, rehabilitate; repair &c (make good) 660. reinvest, revest, reinstate. redeem, recover &c (get back) 775; take back again. revest, revert. Adj. restoring &c v.; recuperative &c 660. Phr. suum cuique [Lat.].

791. Stealing — N. stealing &c v.; theft, thievery, latrociny†, direption†; abstraction, appropriation; plagiary, plagiarism; autoplagiarism†; latrocinium†. spoliation, plunder, pillage; sack, sackage†; rapine, brigandage, foray, razzia†, rape, depredation, raid; blackmail. piracy, privateering, buccaneering; license to plunder, letters of marque, letters of mark and reprisal. filibustering, filibusterism†; burglary; housebreaking; badger game [Slang]. robbery, highway robbery, hold-up [U.S.], mugging. peculation, embezzlement; fraud &c 545; larceny, petty larceny, grand larceny, shoplifting. thievishness, rapacity, kleptomania, Alsatia†, den of Cacus, den of thieves. blackmail, extortion, shakedown, Black Hand [U.S.]. [person who commits theft] thief &c 792. V. steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim†, crib, cabbage, palm; abstract; appropriate, plagiarize. convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp; make off with, walk off with, run off with; run away with; spirit away, seize &c (lay violent hands on) 789. plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate†, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer†, maraud, lift cattle, poach; smuggle, run; badger [Slang]; bail up, hold up, stick up; bunco, bunko, filibuster. swindle, peculate, embezzle; sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece; defraud &c 545; obtain under false pretenses; live by one's wits. rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul; set a thief to catch a thief. disregard the distinction between meum and tuum [Lat.]. [receive stolen goods] fence, launder, launder money. Adj. thieving &c v.; thievish, light-fingered; furacious†, furtive; piratical; predaceous, predal†, predatory, predatorial†; raptorial &c (rapacious) 789. stolen &c v.. Phr. sic vos non vobis [Lat.].

792. Thief — N. thief, robber, homo triumliterarum [Lat.], pilferer, rifler, filcher†, plagiarist. spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark [Slang], land shark, falcon, mosstrooper†, bushranger†, Bedouin†, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit†; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones†, buccaneer, buccanier†; piqueerer†, pickeerer†; rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster; rapparee†, wrecker, picaroon†; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger [Slang], bunko man, cattle thief, chor†, contrabandist†, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up [U.S.], jackleg [U.S.], kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin [Slang], sneak thief, spieler†, strong-arm man [U.S.]. highwayman, Dick Turpin, Claude Duval, Macheath, footpad, sturdy beggar. cut purse, pick purse; pickpocket, light-fingered gentry; sharper; card sharper, skittle sharper; thimblerigger; rook [Slang], Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher [Slang]; defaulter; Autolycus†, Jeremy Diddler†, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster; swell mob [Slang], chevalier d'industrie [Fr.]; shoplifter. swindler, peculator; forger, coiner; fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer; smasher. burglar, housebreaker; cracksman†, magsman [Slang]; Bill Sikes, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild. gang [group of thieves], gang of thieves, theft ring; organized crime, mafia, the Sicilian Mafia, the mob, la cosa nostra [It]. [famous thieves], Dillinger, Al Capone; Robin Hood.

793. Booty — N. booty, spoil, plunder, prize, loot, swag [Slang], pickings; spolia opima [Lat.], prey; blackmail; stolen goods. Adj. manubial†.

3. Interchange of Property

794. Barter — N. barter, exchange, scorse†, truck system; interchange &c 148. a Roland for an Oliver; quid pro quo; commutation, composition; Indian gift [U.S.]. trade, commerce, mercature†, buying and selling, bargain and sale; traffic, business, nundination†, custom, shopping; commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing†, agiotage†, brokery†. deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain. free trade. V. barter, exchange, swap, swop†, truck, scorse†; interchange &c 148; commutate &c (substitute) 147; compound for. trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate†; carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade; be in business, be in the city; keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in. trade with, deal with, have dealings with; transact business with, do business with; open an account with, keep an account with. bargain; drive a bargain, make a bargain; negotiate, bid for; haggle, higgle†; dicker [U.S.]; chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down; stickle, stickle for; out bid, under bid; ask, charge; strike a bargain &c (contract) 769. speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring; buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high; corner the market; rig the market, stag the market. Adj. commercial, mercantile, trading; interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale. wholesale, retail. Adv. across the counter. Phr. cambio non e furto [It].

795. Purchase — N. purchase, emption†; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption, refusal. coemption†, bribery; slave trade. buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee; patron, employer, client, customer, clientele. V. buy, purchase, invest in, procure; rent &c (hire) 788; repurchase, buy in. keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn; pay &c 807; spend &c 809. make a purchase, complete a purchase; buy over the counter. shop, market, go shopping. Adj. purchased &c v.. Phr. caveat emptor; the customer is always right.

796. Sale — N. sale, vent, disposal; auction, roup, Dutch auction; outcry, vendue†; custom &c (traffic) 794. vendibility, vendibleness†. seller; vender, vendor; merchant &c 797; auctioneer. V. sell, vend, dispose of, effect a sale; sell over the counter, sell by auction &c n.; dispense, retail; deal in &c 794; sell off, sell out; turn into money, realize; bring to the hammer, bring under the hammer, put up to auction, put up for auction; offer for sale, put up for sale; hawk, bring to market; offer &c 763; undersell. let; mortgage &c (security) 771. Adj. under the hammer, on the market, for sale. salable, marketable, vendible; unsalable &c unpurchased†, unbought; on one's hands. Phr. chose qui plait est a demi vendue [Fr.].

797. Merchant — N. merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman; changer; regrater†; shopkeeper, shopman†; tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk. retailer; chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler†; pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus†; sutler†, vivandiere†; costerman†, costermonger†; tallyman; camelot; faker; vintner. money broker, money changer, money lender; cambist†, usurer, moneyer†, banker. jobber; broker &c (agent) 758; buyer &c 795; seller &c 796; bear, bull. concern; firm &c (partnership) 712.

798. Merchandise — N. merchandise, ware, commodity, effects, goods, article, stock, product, produce, staple commodity; stock in trade &c (store) 636; cargo &c (contents) 190.

799. Mart — N. mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse; Tattersall's. stall, booth, stand, newsstand; cart, wagon. wharf; office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau; counter, compter [Fr.]. shop, emporium, establishment; store &c 636; department store, general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store [U.S.], grindery warehouse†. [food stores: list] grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store. [specialized stores: list] tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's [Brit.], florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer. mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall; shopping street. surplus store, army-navy surplus store. [locations where used articles are sold] auction; flea market; yard sale, garage sale; pawn shop; antiques store; second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop. warehouse, wareroom†; depot, interposit†, entrepot [Fr.]. market-overt. real-estate broker. vending machine.

799a. Stock Market [specialized markets for financial instruments] — N. stock market, stock exchange, securities exchange; bourse, board; the big board, the New York Stock Exchange; the market, the open market; over-the-counter market; privately traded issues. commodities exchange, futures exchange, futures market. the pit, the floor. ticker, stock ticker, quotation; stock index, market index, the Dow Jones Index, the Dow Industrials, the transportation index, utilities, the utilities index; the New York Stock Exchange index, the Nikkei index [Jap.Tr.]; the Financial Times index, the FTI [Brit.], the over-the-counter index, NASDAQ index. [person or firm trading securities] broker, stockbroker, jobber, stock dealer, odd-lot dealer; specialist. [person who buys or sells stocks] investor, speculator, operator; bull, buyer; bear, short seller; scalper, arbitrager†, arbitrageur†; stockholder, share-holder, stockholder of record; bond holder, coupon- clipper [Sarc.]. investment; speculation. V. speculate, invest, trade, trade stocks, play the market; buy long, sell short, take a position, straddle; take a plunge, plunge in, take a flier [Coll.].

799b. Securities — N. securities, stocks, common stock, preferred stock, bonds, puts, calls, options, option contract, warrants, commercial paper, bearer bond, tax-exempt bond, callable bond, convertable bond†. share, stock certificate; coupon, bond coupon. liquid assets.

4. Monetary Relations

800. Money — N. money, legal tender; money matters, money market; finance; accounts &c 811; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets &c (property) 780; wealth &c 803; supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash; mammon. [colloquial terms for money] dough, cabbage. money-like instruments, M1, M2, sum, amount; balance, balance sheet; sum total; proceeds &c (receipts) 810. currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece [Fr.], hard cash, cold cash; dollar, sterling coin; pounds shillings and pence; Ls.d.; pocket, breeches pocket, purse; money in hand, cash at hand; ready money, ready cash; slug [U.S.], wad [Slang] wad of bills [U.S.], wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough [Coll.]; rhino†, blunt†, dust†, mopus†, tin†, salt†, chink†; argent comptant [Lat.]; bottom dollar, buzzard dollar†; checks, dibs [Slang]. [specific types of currency] double eagle, eagle; Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency; Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate†, gold certificate†; long bit, short bit [U.S.]; moss, nickel, pile [Slang], pin money, quarter [U.S.], red cent, roanoke†, rock [Slang]; seawan†, seawant†; thousand dollars, grand [Coll.]. [types of paper currency, U.S.] single, one-dollar bill; two- dollar bill; five-dollar bill, fiver [Coll.], fin [Coll.], Lincoln; ten-dollar bill, sawbuck; twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck; fifty-dollar bill; hundred-dollar bill, C-note. [types of U.S. coins: list] penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper [1700-1900]; two-cent piece three-cent piece [Fr.], half- dime†, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel†, dime, disme†, mercury dime†, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B. Anthony dollar†. precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget. petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit†, stiver†, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea; rouleau†; wampum; good sum, round sum, lump sum; power of money, plum, lac of rupees. major coin, crown; minor coin. monetarist, monetary theory. [Science of coins] numismatics, chrysology†. [coin scholar or collector] numismatist. paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order, postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat†; blueback [U.S.], hundi†, shinplaster [U.S.]. note, note of hand; promissory note, I O U; draft, check, cheque, back-dated check; negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW. remittance &c (payment) 807; credit &c 805; liability &c 806. drawer, drawee†; obligor†, obligee†; moneyer†, coiner. false money, bad money; base coin, flash note, slip†, kite [Slang]; fancy stocks; Bank of Elegance. argumentum ad crumenam [Lat.]. letter of credit. circulation, multiplier effect. [variation in the value of currency] inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency; deflation; stagflation. [relative value of two currencies] exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates. [place to exchange currencies] currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change [Fr.]. gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard. bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account; certificate of deposit, CD. [money symbols] $ [U.S.], US$ [U.S.]; Y; A$. [authorities controlling currency] Federal Reserve Bank [U.S.], central bank [U.S.]; Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve; Treasury Department; Secret Service. [place where money is manufactured] mint, bureau of engraving. [government profit in manufacturing money] seigniorage. [false money] counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood) 545. [cost of money] interest, interest rate, discount rate. V. amount to, come to, mount up to; touch the pocket; draw, draw upon; indorse &c (security) 771; issue, utter; discount &c 813; back; demonetize, remonetize; fiscalize†, monetize. circulate, be in circulation; be out of circulation. [manufacture currency] mint (coins), coin; print (paper currency). [vary the value of money] inflate, deflate; debase; devalue, revalue. [vary the amount of money] circulate, put in circulation; withdraw from circulation. [change the type of currency] exchange currencies, change money. charge interest; pay interest; lose interest. Adj. monetary, pecuniary, crumenal†, fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatic, numismatical†; sterling; nummary†. Phr. barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives [Lat.] [Ovid]; but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that honor feels [Tennyson]; Gelt regiert die Welt [G.], money rules the world, money makes the world go round; nervos belli pecuniam infinitam [Lat.] [Cicero]; redet Geld so schweigt die Welt [G.]; money is the mother's milk of politics [Tip O'Neill]; money is the root of all evil; money isn't everything; as phony as a three-dollar bill; don't take any wooden nickels.

801. Treasurer — N. treasurer; bursar, bursary; purser, purse bearer; cash keeper, banker; depositary; questor†, receiver, steward, trustee, accountant, Accountant General, almoner, liquidator, paymaster, cashier, teller; cambist†; money changer &c (merchant) 797. financier. Secretary of the Treasury; Chancellor of the Exchequer, minister of finance.

802. Treasury — N. treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper†; cash register, kutcherry†, bursary; strong box, strong hold, strong room; coffer; chest &c (receptacle) 191; safe; bank vault; depository &c 636; till, tiller; purse; money bag, money box; porte-monnaie [Fr.]. purse strings; pocket, breeches pocket. sinking fund; stocks; public stocks, public funds, public securities, parliamentary stocks, parliamentary funds, parliamentary securities; Consols, credit mobilier [Fr.]; bonds.

803. Wealth — N. wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune, opulence, affluence; good circumstances, easy circumstances; independence; competence &c (sufficiency) 639; solvency. provision, livelihood, maintenance; alimony, dowry; means, resources, substance; property &c 780; command of money. income &c 810; capital, money; round sum &c (treasure) 800; mint of money, mine of wealth, El Dorado [Sp.], bonanza, Pacatolus, Golconda, Potosi. long purse, full purse, well lined purse, heavy purse, deep pockets; purse of Fortunatus [Lat.]; embarras de richesses [Fr.]. pelf, Mammon, lucre, filthy lucre; loaves and fishes†. rich man, moneyed man, warm man; man of substance; capitalist, millionaire, tippybob [Slang], Nabob, Croesus, idas, Plutus, Dives, Timon of Athens†; Timocracy, Plutocracy; Danae. V. be rich &c adj.; roll in wealth, roll in riches, wallow in wealth, wallow in riches. afford, well afford; command money, command a sum; make both ends meet, hold one's head above water. become rich &c adj.; strike it rich; come into a sum of money, receive a windfall, receive an inheritance, hit the jackpot, win the lottery; fill one's pocket &c (treasury) 802; feather one's nest, make a fortune; make money &c (acquire) 775. enrich, imburse. worship the golden calf, worship Mammon. Adj. wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, moneyed, monied, worth much; well to do, well off; warm; comfortable, well, well provided for. made of money; rich as Croesus, filthy rich, rich as a Jew†; rolling in riches, rolling in wealth. flush, flush of cash, flush of money, flush of tin [Slang]; in funds, in cash, in full feather; solvent, pecunious†, out of debt, in the black, all straight. Phr. one's ship coming in. amour fait beaucoup mais argent fait tout [Fr.], love does much but money does everything; aurea rumpunt tecta quietem [Lat.] [Seneca]; magna servitus ist magna fortuna [Lat.]; mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from Heaven [Paradise Lost]; opum furiata cupido [Lat.] [Ovid]; vera prosperita e non aver necessita [It]; wie gewonnen so zerronnen [G.].

804. Poverty — N. poverty, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution, want; need, neediness; lack, necessity, privation, distress, difficulties, wolf at the door. bad circumstances, poor circumstances, need circumstances, embarrassed circumstances, reduced circumstances, straightened circumstances; slender means, narrow means; straits; hand to mouth existence, res angusta domi [Lat.], low water, impecuniosity. beggary; mendicancy, mendicity†; broken fortune, loss of fortune; insolvency &c (nonpayment) 808. empty pocket, empty purse; light purse; beggarly account of empty boxes. [poor people] poor man, pauper, mendicant, mumper†, beggar, starveling; pauvre diable [Fr.]; fakir†, schnorrer†; homeless person. V. be poor &c adj.; want, lack, starve, live from hand to mouth, have seen better days, go down in the world, come upon the parish; go to the dogs, go to wrack and ruin; not have a penny &c (money) 800, not have a shot in one's locker; beg one's bread; tirer le diable par la queue [Fr.]; run into debt &c (debt) 806. render poor &c adj.; impoverish; reduce, reduce to poverty; pauperize, fleece, ruin, bring to the parish. Adj. poor, indigent; poverty-stricken; badly off, poorly off, ill off; poor as a rat, poor as a church mouse, poor as a Job; fortuneless†, dowerless†, moneyless†, penniless; unportioned†, unmoneyed†; impecunious; out of money, out of cash, short of money, short of cash; without a rap, not worth a rap &c (money) 800; qui n'a pas le sou [Fr.], out of pocket, hard up; out at elbows, out at heels; seedy, bare-footed; beggarly, beggared; destitute; fleeced, stripped; bereft, bereaved; reduced; homeless. in want &c n.; needy, necessitous, distressed, pinched, straitened; put to one's shifts, put to one's last shifts; unable to keep the wolf from the door, unable to make both ends meet; embarrassed, under hatches; involved &c (in debt) 806; insolvent &c (not paying) 808. Adv. in forma pauperis [Lat.]. Phr. zonam perdidit [Lat.]; a penniless lass wi' a lang pedigree [Lady Nairne]; a pobreza no hay verguenza [Sp.]; he that is down can fall no lower [Butler]; poca roba poco pensiero [It]; steeped . . . in poverty to the very lips [Othello]; the short and simple annals of the poor [Gray].

805. Credit — N. credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account. letter of credit, circular note; duplicate; mortgage, lien, debenture, paper credit, floating capital; draft, lettre de creance [Fr.], securities. creditor, lender, lessor, mortgagee; dun; usurer. credit account, line of credit, open line of credit. credit card. V. keep an account with, run up an account with; intrust, credit, accredit. place to one's credit, credit to one's account, place to one's account†; give credit, take credit; fly a kite†. Adj. crediting, credited; accredited. Adv. on credit &c n.; on account; to the account of, to the credit of; a compte [Fr.].

806. Debt — N. debt, obligation, liability, indebtment†, debit, score. bill; check; account (credit) 805. arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency &c (nonpayment) 808; bad debt. interest; premium; usance†, usury; floating debt, floating capital. debtor, debitor†; mortgagor; defaulter &c 808; borrower. V. be in debt &c adj.; owe; incur a debt, contract a debt &c n.; run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account; go on tick; borrow &c 788; run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable; run up debts, run up bills (spend) 809. answer for, go bail for. [notify a person of his indebtedness: ] bill, charge. Adj. indebted; liable, chargeable, answerable for. in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties; incumbered, involved; involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt; deeply involved; fast tied up; insolvent &c (not paying) 808; minus, out of pocket. unpaid; unrequited, unrewarded; owing, due, in arrear†, outstanding; past due. Phr. aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit [Lat.]; neither a borrower nor a lender be [Hamlet].

807. Payment — N. payment, defrayment†; discharge; acquittance, quittance; settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement. acknowledgment, release; receipt, receipt in full, receipt in full of all demands; voucher. salary, compensation, remuneration (reward) 973. repayment, reimbursement, retribution; pay &c (reward) 973; money paid &c (expenditure) 809. ready money &c (cash) 800; stake, remittance, installment. payer, liquidator &c 801. pay cash, pay cash on the barrelhead. V. pay, defray, make payment; paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight, pay in advance; cash, honor a bill, acknowledge; redeem; pay in kind. pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing; pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs; do the needful; shell out, fork out; cough up [Coll.], fork over; come down with, come down with the dust; tickle the palm, grease the palm; expend &c 809; put down, lay down. discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy; pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear, liquidate; pay up, pay old debts. disgorge, make repayment; repay, refund, reimburse, retribute†; make compensation &c 30. pay by credit card, put it on the plastic. Adj. paying &c; paid &c v.; owing nothing, out of debt, all straight; unowed†, never indebted. Adv. to the tune of; on the nail, money down.