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
4. Monetary Relations

800. Money.

   NOUN:MONEY, finance; money -matters, – market; accounts [See Accounts]; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets (property) [See Property]; wealth [See Wealth]; supplies, ways and means, wherewithal or wherewith, sinews of war, almighty dollar, cash.
  SOLVENCY, responsibility, reliability, solidity, soundness.
  SUM, amount; balance, balance sheet; sum total; proceeds (receipts) [See Receipt].
  CURRENCY, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece, hard cash; dollar, sterling; pounds, shillings, and pence, £ s. d.; guinea; gold mohur [India]; eagle, double eagle; pocket, breeches pocket [colloq.], wallet, roll, purse; money in hand; argent comptant [F.], ready [colloq.], ready money; Federal -, fractional -, postal- currency; bottom dollar [colloq.]; checks, chips.
  [SLANG TERMS] the needful, rhino, brass, blunt, dust, mopus, tin, salt, chink, dough, jack, moss, rock, dibs, slug [Calif. 1849]; buzzard dollar, spondulics, long green; barrel, pile, wad.
  PRECIOUS METALS, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, bar, nugget.
  PETTY CASH, pocket money, pin money, spending money, change, small coin; long bit, short bit, two bits, quarter [all U. S.]; dime, nickel, cent, red cent [colloq., U. S.]; doit, stiver, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, rouleau.
  WAMPUM, wampumpeag, seawan or seawant, roanoke, cowrie.
  GREAT WEALTH, money to burn [colloq.]; power -, mint -, barrel -, raft- of money [all colloq.]; good -, round -, lump- sum; plum (= £100,000) [rare slang]; million, millions, thousands; crore (= ten million rupees, written Rs. 1,00,00,000) [India]; lac or lakh, lac of rupees (= 100,000 rupees, written Rs. 1,00,000) [India].
  [SCIENCE OF COINS] numismatics, numismatology, chrysology.
  PAPER MONEY; money -, postal -, post office- order; note, – of hand; bank -, promissory- note; I O U, bond; bill, – of exchange; draft, check [esp. U. S.] or cheque [esp. Brit.], hundi [India], order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat, greenback [U. S.]; blueback [U. S.], shinplaster [slang, U. S.].
  remittance (payment) [See Payment]; credit [See Credit]; liability [See Debt].
  drawer, drawee; obligor, obligee.
  COUNTERFEIT -, false -, bad- money; queer [slang], base coin, flash note, slip [obs.], kite [slang]; fancy stocks; Bank of Elegance.
  COUNTERFEITER, coiner, moneyer, forger.
   VERB:TOTAL, amount to, come to, mount up to.
  TOUCH THE POCKET; draw, draw upon; back; indorse (security) [See Security]; discount [See Discount].
  ISSUE, utter, circulate; fiscalize, monetize, remonetize.
  DEMONETIZE, deprive of standard value; cease to issue.
  COIN, counterfeit, forge; circulate bad money, shove the queer [slang].
   ADJECTIVE:MONETARY, pecuniary, crumenal [obs.], fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatical; sterling; nummary.
  SOLVENT, sound, substantial, good, reliable, responsible, solid, having a good rating; able to pay -20 shillings to the pound, – 100 cents to the dollar.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives.—Ovid
2. Argumentum ad crumenam.
3. Nervos belli pecuniam infinitam.—Cicero
4. Redet Geld so schweigt die Welt; Gelt regiert die Welt.
5. This bank-note world.—Halleck
6. Get to live; Then live and use it.—Herbert
7. Get money; still get money, boy; No matter by what means.—B. Jonson
8. Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.—Milton
9. The image of it gives me content already.—Measure for Measure