| Main Entry: | lien |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right to dispose of property |
Synonyms: |
charge, claim, hold on property, security on property |
| Notes: | lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess, while a lien is the right to take or sell another's property if an obligation is not met |
| Main Entry: | lien |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | claim on property |
Synonyms: |
charge, claim, encumbrance, hypothecation, incumbrance, mortgage, right |
| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property, right demanded or reserved |
Synonyms: |
affirmation, allegation, application, assertion, birthright, call, case, counterclaim, declaration, demand, dibs, due, entreaty, interest, lien, part, petition, plea, postulation, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, protestation, reclamation, request, requirement, requisition, suit, title, ultimatum |
| Main Entry: | credit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deferred payment arrangement; assets |
Synonyms: |
balance, bond, capital outlay, continuance, debenture, extension, installment buying, installment plan, lien, loan, mortgage, on account, on the arm, on the cuff, plastic, respite, securities, stock, surplus cash, tab, trust, wealth |
Antonyms: |
cash |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | question, request |
Synonyms: |
appeal, application, arrogation, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, counterclaim, entreatment, entreaty, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, solicitation, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want |
Antonyms: |
grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | spleen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate |
Synonyms: |
anger, caprice, choler, depression, dislike, grudge, hatred, hostility, ire, lien, malice, melancholy, milt, rancor, resentment, spite, whim, wrath |
Antonyms: |
good humor |
| Main Entry: | credit |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
accredited, bailable, chalked up, credential, creditable, credited, crediting
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| Concept: | Credit. |
| Category: | 4. Monetary Relations |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account., letter of credit, circular note; duplicate; mortgage, lien, debenture, paper credit, floating capital; draft, lettre de creance, securities., creditor, lender, lessor, mortgagee; dun; usurer.
-verbs
keep an account with, run up an account with; intrust, credit, accredit., place to one's credit, place to one's account; give credit, take credit; fly a kite.
-adjectives
crediting, credited; accredited.
-adverbs
on credit; to the account of, to the credit of; a compte.
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Antonyms: |
debt |
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