Adj. commercial, mercantile, trading; interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale. wholesale, retail. Adv

wholesale, retail.

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.

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.

salable, marketable, vendible; unsalable &c unpurchased^†, unbought; on one's hands.

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^†.

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.

investment; speculation.

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.

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.

charge interest; pay interest; lose interest.

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.

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.].

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.

render poor &c adj.; impoverish; reduce, reduce to poverty; pauperize, fleece, ruin, bring to the parish.

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.

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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^†.

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.

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.
808. Nonpayment -- N. nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest, repudiation; application of the sponge^†; whitewashing.

insolvency, bankruptcy, failure; insufficiency &c 640; run upon a bank; overdrawn account.

waste paper bonds; dishonored bills, protested bills; bogus check, bogus cheque, rubber check.

bankrupt, insolvent, debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher, stag, defaulter, levanter^†.

protest, dishonor, repudiate, nullify, refuse payment.

pay under protest; button up one's pockets, draw the purse strings; apply the sponge; pay over the left shoulder, get whitewashed; swindle &c 791; run up bills, fly kites.

Adj. not paying, non-paying, non-performing; in debt &c 806; behindhand, in arrear^†, behind in payments, in arrears; beggared &c (poor) 804; unable to make both ends meet, minus; worse than nothing; worthless.

insolvent, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted.

unpaid &c (outstanding) 806; gratis &c 815; unremunerated.
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.

run up debts, run up bills (debt) 806.

fee &c (reward) 973; pay one's way &c (pay) 807; subscribe &c (give) 784; subsidize.