Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
1. Property in general

775. Acquisition.

   NOUN:ACQUISITION; gaining &c. v.; obtainment, procuration, procurement; purchase, descent, inheritance; gift [See Giving].
  RECOVERY, retrieval, revendication [rare], replevin; redemption, salvage, trover; find, trouvaille [F.], foundling.
  GAIN, thrift; money-making, money-grubbing; lucre, filthy lucre, loaves and fishes, fleshpots of Egypt, the main chance, pelf; emolument (remuneration) [See Reward].
  PROFIT, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, perquisite, accruement [obs.], net profit; avails; income (receipt) [See Receipt]; proceeds, produce, product; outcome, output; return, fruit, crop, harvest; second crop, aftermath; benefit (good) [See Good].
  PRIZE, sweepstakes, trick, pool; kitty, jack pot, pot; wealth [See Wealth].
  [FRAUDULENT ACQUISITION] subreption; obreption; stealing [See Stealing].
   VERB:ACQUIRE, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect (assemble) [See Assemblage]; pick, pick up; glean.
  find; come -, pitch -, light- upon; come across, come at; scrape -up, – together; get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure; derive, draw, get in the harvest.
  get hold of, get between one’s finger and thumb, get into one’s hand, get at; take -, come into -, enter into- possession.
  PROFIT; make -, draw- profit; turn to -profit, – account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a return, reap the fruits of; reap -, gain- an advantage; turn -a penny, – an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill; make -, coin -, raise- money; raise funds, raise the wind [slang]; fill one’s pocket (wealth) [See Wealth].
  realize, clear; treasure up (store) [See Store]; produce [See Production]; take [See Taking].
  receive [See Receiving]; come by, come in for; inherit; step into, – a fortune, – the shoes of; succeed to.
  RECOVER, get back, regain, retrieve, revendicate [rare], replevin, replevy, redeem, come by one’s own.
  BE PROFITABLE &c. adj.; pay, answer.
  accrue (be received) [See Receiving].
   ADJECTIVE:ACQUISITIVE, productive, profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative, acquiring, acquired &c. v.
   ADVERB:in the way of gain; for money; at interest.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Lucri causa.
2. Getting and spending we lay waste our powers.—Wordsworth
3. The greatest possession is self-possession.—Cynic’s Calendar