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one may have it for; a bon marche[Fr].

[estimated value] valuation, appraisal, assessment, appraisement.

[current value as estimated in a market] price , 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.

{{has_low_degree}} low value, cheapness, shoddiness; low quality, poor quality.

{{similar_to(cheapness): cheapness, R815}}.

V. value[transitive], esteem; appreciate.

[estimate value] appraise, evaluate, assess.

precious (expensive) 814.

[of low value] cheap, shoddy; slapdash.

Phr. worth the price; worth a king's ransom; accountants who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

#812c. Tax. [price of government services] -- N. {{is_a: price, R812}}.

tax, impost, dues, duty, toll, levy, tariff, cess[obs3], sess[obs3], tallage[obs3]; abkari[obs3].

taxation, assessment; tax burden.

benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment[obs3].

ransom, salvage.

brokerage, wharfage, freightage.

{{has_property}} tax rate.

capitation tax, poll tax, head tax.

doomage [U.S.][obs3], likin[obs3]; gabel[obs3], gabelle[obs3]; gavel[obs2], octroi[obs3].

custom, import duty; customs.

export tax, export duty.

excise, excise tax.

luxury tax.

sin tax [colloquial][jocular].

{{part_of(sin tax): price, R812}}.

{{has_subtype(sin tax)}} liquor tax, cigarette tax.

{{&has_part(income tax)}} capital gains tax.

{{has_subtype(federal tax)}} internal revenue, internal revenue tax.

{{has_subtype}} federal tax; state tax; county tax; local tax, city tax.

{{has_part(internal revenue): income tax}}.

income tax; progressive tax, progressive taxation, graduated income tax.

estate tax, inheritance tax, death duty[Brit.], death tax.

corporation tax.

{{&has_part}} surtax.

{{has_subtype(income tax)}} personal income tax, corporate income tax.

{{&has_part(corporate income tax)}} excess profits tax.

{{has_part(price, R812)}} sales tax; use tax.

{{has_subtype(corporation tax)}} {{similar_to(sales tax)}} VAT, value added tax.

{{has_part(income tax)}} withholding, withholding tax.

{{has_high_level}} supertax; overtaxation; oppressive taxation, crushing burden of taxes.

{{has_issue(income tax)}} tax bracket; bracket creep; tax withholding.

{{has_issue}} tax base, tax structure.

{{has_process(taxation): tax payment, tax returns, @payment, R807}}.

V. tax; impose, levy; tithe.

overtax.

{{performed_by(taxation): taxman, tax collector, P2.3.2.3.2.5.39}}.

{{antonym(taxable)}} untaxed, tax-free; duty-free; exempt, tax exempt.

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, triple coupon discount.

[demand a price in excess of value] overcharge, bleed, fleece, extort.

[pay a price in excess of value] pay too much, pay through the nose, pay too dear for one's whistle, pay top dollar.

Adj. dear; high, high priced; of great price, expensive, costly, precious; worth a Jew's eye[obs2], dear bought.

at a premium.

not to be had, not to be had for love or money; beyond price, above price, priceless, of priceless value.

[priced in excess of value] unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, extortionate; overpriced, more than it's worth.

[Absence of charge] gratuity; free quarters, free seats, free admission, free warren, give-away, freebee [coll.]; run of one's teeth; nominal price, peppercorn rent; labor of love.

drug in the market; deadhead[obs3].

V. be cheap &c. adj.; cost little; come down in price, fall in price.

buy for a mere nothing, buy for an old song; have one's money's worth.

half-price, depreciated, unsalable.

gratuitous, gratis, free, for nothing; costless, expenseless[obs3]; without charge, not charged, untaxed; scotfree, shotfree[obs3], rent-free; free of cost, free of expense; honorary, unbought, unpaid.

Adv. for a mere song, for a song; at cost, at cost price, at prime cost, at a reduction; a bon marche[Fr].
#815b. Worthlessness. -- N. {ant. to 812a} worthlessness, valuelessness; lack of value; uselessness.

[worthless item] trash, garbage, discard, refuse.

inexpensive &c. 815.

overpaid.

savings; prevention of waste, save-all; cheese parings and candle ends; parsimony &c. 819.

cost-cutting, cost control.

V. be economical &c. adj.; practice economy; economize, save; retrench, cut back expenses, cut expenses; cut one's coat according to one's cloth, make both ends meet, keep within compass, meet one's expenses, pay one's way, pay as you go; husband &c. (lay by) 636.

save money, invest money; put out to interest; provide for a rainy day, save for a rainy day, provide against a rainy day, save against a rainy day; feather one's nest; look after the main chance.

cut costs.

Adj. economical, frugal, careful, thrifty, saving, chary, spare, sparing; parsimonious &c.819.

underpaid.

[greed for money or material things] greed, greediness, avarice, avidity, rapacity, extortion.

selfishness &c.943; auri sacra fames[Lat].

grasping, craving, canine appetite, rapacity.

greedy as a hog; overeager; voracious; ravenous, ravenous as a wolf; open-mouthed, extortionate, exacting, sordid[obs2], alieni appetens[Lat]; insatiable, insatiate; unquenchable, quenchless; omnivorous.

prodigal; spendthrift, waste thrift; losel[obs3], squanderer[obs3], locust; high roller* [U.S.].

penny wise and pound foolish.

avarice, greed &c. 817a.

miser, niggard, churl, screw, skinflint, crib, codger, muckworm[obs3], scrimp, lickpenny[obs3], hunks, curmudgeon, Harpagon, harpy, extortioner, Jew, usurer; Hessian [U.S.]; pinch fist, pinch penny.

V. be parsimonious &c. adj.; grudge, begrudge, stint, pinch, gripe, screw, dole out, hold back, withhold, starve, famish, live upon nothing, skin a flint.

drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain; cheapen, beat down; stop one hole in a sieve; have an itching palm, grasp, grab.

1. OBLIGATIONS .

922. Right 923. Wrong

924. Dullness 925. Undueness

926. Duty 927. Dereliction

927a. Exemption

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#922. Right. -- N. right; what ought to be, what should be; fitness &c. adj.; summum jus[Lat].

justice, equity; equitableness &c. adj.; propriety; fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis[Lat].

Astraea[obs3], Nemesis, Themis.

scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma; suum cuique[Lat]; clear stage, fair field and no favor, level playing field.

morals &c. (duty) 926; law &c. 963; honor &c. (probity) 939; virtue &c. 944.

V. be right &c. adj.; stand to reason.

see justice done, see one righted, see fair play; do justice to; recompense &c. (reward) 973; bold the scales even, give and take; serve one right, put the saddle on the right horse; give every one his due , give the devil his due; audire alteram partem[Lat].

deserve &c. (be entitled to) 924.

Adj. right, good; just, reasonable; fit &c. 924; equal, equable, equatable[obs3]; evenhanded, fair.

legitimate, justifiable, rightful; as it should be, as it ought to be; lawful &c. (permitted) 760, (legal) 963.

deserved &c. 924.

Adv. rightly &c. adj.; a bon droit[Fr], au bon droit[Fr], in justice, in equity,, in reason.

without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons; upon even terms.

injustice; tort [Law]; unfairness &c. adj.; iniquity, foul play.

partiality, leaning, bias; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit, partisanship; bigotry.

undueness &c. 925; wrongdoing (vice) 945; unlawfulness &c. 964.

robbing Peter to pay Paul &c. v.; the wolf and the lamb; vice &c. 945.

" a custom more honored in the breach than the observance " [Hamlet].

V. be wrong &c. adj.; cry to heaven for vengeance.

do wrong &c. n.; be inequitable &c. adj.; favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell, give an inch and take an mile; rob Peter to pay Paul.

objectionable; unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable; improper, unfit; unjustified &c. 925; illegal &c. 964; iniquitous; immoral &c. 945.

in the wrong, in the wrong box.

Adv. wrongly &c. adj.

Phr. it will not do.
#924. Dueness. -- N. due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright. immunity, license, liberty, franchise; vested interest, vested right.

sanction, authority, warranty, charter; warrant &c. (permission) 760; constitution &c. (law) 963; tenure; bond &c. (security) 771.

claimant, appellant; plaintiff &c. 938.

V. be due &c. adj. to, be the due &c. n. of; have right to, have title to, have claim to; be entitled to; have a claim upon; belong to &c. (property) 780.

deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve.

demand, claim; call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for; revendicate[obs3], reclaim; exact; insist on, insist upon; challenge; take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good; substantiate; vindicate a claim, vindicate a right; fit for, qualify for; make out a case.

give a right, confer a right; entitle; authorize &c. 760; sanctify, legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot.

give every one his due &c. 922; pay one's dues; have one's due, have one's rights.

use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution.

privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized; ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised. prescriptive, presumptive; absolute, indefeasible; unalienable, inalienable; imprescriptible[obs3], inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged; sacrosanct.

due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved.

allowable &c. (permitted) 760; lawful, licit, legitimate, legal; legalized &c. (law) 963.

square, unexceptionable, right; equitable &c. 922; due, en regle; fit, fitting; correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly; decorous; creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet; just the thing, quite the thing; selon les regles[Fr].

Adv. duly, ex officio, de jure[Lat]; by right, by divine right; jure divino[Lat], Dei gratia[Lat], in the name of.

Phr. civis Romanus sum [Lat][Cicero]; a chaque saint sa chandelle[Fr].

#925. [Absence of right.] Undueness. -- N. undueness &c. adj.; malum prohibitum[Lat]; impropriety; illegality &c. 964.

falseness &c. adj.; emptiness of title, invalidity of title; illegitimacy.

loss of right, disfranchisement, forfeiture.

usurpation, tort, violation, breach, encroachment, presumption, assumption, seizure; stretch, exaction, imposition, lion's share.

usurper, pretender.

V. be undue &c. adj.; not be due &c. 924.

infringe, encroach, trench on, exact; arrogate, arrogate to oneself; give an inch and take an ell; stretch a point, strain a point; usurp, violate, do violence to.

disfranchise, disentitle, disqualify; invalidate.

relax &c. (be lax) 738; misbehave &c. (vice) 945; misbecome[obs3].

illegitimate, bastard, spurious, supposititious, false; usurped.

tortious [Law].

undeserved, unmerited, unearned; unfulfilled.

forfeited, disfranchised.

improper; unmeet, unfit, unbefitting, unseemly; unbecoming, misbecoming[obs3]; seemless[obs3]; contra bonos mores[Lat]; not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of; preposterous, pretentious, would-be.

allegiance, fealty, tie engagement &c. (promise) 768; part; function, calling &c. (business) 625.

morality,, morals, decalogue; case of conscience; conscientiousness &c. (probity) 939; conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience, superego; the hell within [P. L.]. dueness &c. 924; propriety, fitness, seemliness, amenability, decorum, [Grk]; the thing, the proper thing; the right thing to do, the proper thing to do.

ethics[Science of morals], ethology.; deontology[obs3], aretology[obs3]; moral philosophy, ethical philosophy,; casuistry, polity.

observance, fulfillment, discharge, performance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemption; good behavior.

V. be the duty of; be incumbent &c. adj. on, be responsible &c. adj.; behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall to one's lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door; rest with, rest on the shoulders of. take upon oneself &c. (promise) 768; be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for; incur a responsibility &c. n.; be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, owe to it oneself.

impose a duty, &c. n.; enjoin, require, exact; bind, bind over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige.

enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation; act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post; do duty; do one's duty &c. (be virtuous) 944.

be on one's good behavior, mind one's P's and Q's.

due to, beholden to, bound to, indebted to; tied down; compromised &c. (promised) 768; in duty bound.

amenable, liable, accountable, responsible, answerable.

right, meet &c. (due) 924; moral, ethical, casuistical, conscientious, ethological.

{{similar_to: @R757, resignation, abnegation}}.

slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate; wash one's hands of; escape, transgress, fail.

{{similar_to: @R757, resign, abnegate}}.

call to account &c. (disapprobation) 932.

exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit; free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license; stretch a point; absolve &c. (forgive) 918; exonerate &c. (exculpate) 970; save the necessity.