| Main Entry: | loan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money given temporarily |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, advance, allowance, credit, extension, floater, investment, mortgage, time payment, trust |
| Notes: | lone means lacking companions or being the only one; a loan is something lent for temporary use or a sum of money lent, usually with interest |
| Main Entry: | loan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money, possession temporarily |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, advance, allow, credit, lay on one, lend, let out, provide, score, scratch, stake, touch |
Antonyms: |
borrow |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money given beforehand |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, allowance, bite*, credit, deposit, down payment, floater, front money, hike, increase, loan, prepayment, retainer, rise*, score, stake, take*, touch* |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money beforehand |
Synonyms: |
furnish, lend, loan, pay, provide |
| 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: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
Synonyms: |
amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, decrement, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, out of pocket, outdo, outlay, output, overhead, payroll, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, spending, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth |
| Main Entry: | financing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for operating expenses |
Synonyms: |
costs, expenditure, funding, loan, matching funds, outgo, outlay, payment |
| Main Entry: | invest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute money to make money |
Synonyms: |
advance, back, bankroll, buy into, buy stock, devote, endow, endue, entrust, get into, go in for, imbue, infuse, lay out, lend, loan, pick up the tab, plow back into, plunge, provide, put in, put up dough, salt away, sink, spend, stake, supply |
Antonyms: |
divest, take out |
| Main Entry: | investment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given, lent for a return |
Synonyms: |
advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, flutter, grant, hunch, inside, interests, investing, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase, smart money, spec, speculation, stab*, stake, transaction, venture, vested interests |
Antonyms: |
divestment |
| Main Entry: | lease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rent object, residence |
Synonyms: |
charter, hire, let, loan, rent out, sublease, sublet |
Antonyms: |
sell |