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| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expense; price paid |
| Synonyms: | amount, bad news*, bite*, bottom line*, charge, damage*, disbursement, dues, expenditure, figure, line, nick*, nut*, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, score*, setback*, squeeze*, tab, tariff, ticket, toll, value, worth, arm and a leg, bottom dollar, top dollar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command a price of |
| Synonyms: | bring in, nick*, rap*, require, set back, take, yield, amount to be asked, be demanded, be given, be marked at, be needed, be paid, be priced at, be received, be valued at, be worth, come to, mount up, move back, sell at, sell for, to the tune of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | penalty, sacrifice |
| Synonyms: | damage, deprivation, detriment, expense, forfeit, forfeiture, harm, hurt, injury, loss, suffering |
| Antonyms: | repayment, retribution |
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harm; exact a penalty |
| Synonyms: | expect, hurt, infuriate, lose, necessitate, obligate, require, do disservice to |
| Main Entry: | financing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for operating expenses |
| Synonyms: | expenditure, loan, outlay, payment, costs, funding, matching funds, outgo |
| Main Entry: | upkeep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maintenance |
| Synonyms: | budget, conservation, expenditure, expenses, keep, outlay, overhead, preservation, price, repair, running, subsistence, support, sustenance, costs, sustentation |
| Antonyms: | neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | expenses |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expense |
| Synonyms: | outlay, overhead, per diem, cost of living, costs, damages, reparations |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | addition, aggregate, all, bad news*, body, budget, cost, damage*, entirety, expense, extent, list, lot, net, outlay, output, price tag*, product, quantum, score, sum, tab*, whole, set-back, tidy sum |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bring in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a profit |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, bear, bring, cost, earn, fetch, gain, get, gross, make, pay, produce, realize, return, sell, yield, be worth |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lose |
| Main Entry: | budget |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial plan |
| Synonyms: | account, aggregate, allocation, allowance, bulk, cost, finances, funds, means, quantity, quantum, resources, statement, total, estimated expenses, fiscal estimate, planned disbursement, spending plan |
| Main Entry: | budget |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan money or action |
| Synonyms: | allocate, apportion, calculate, compute, cost, estimate, predict, ration |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | price asked for something |
| Synonyms: | amount, bad news*, bite, cost, damage, expenditure, expense, nick, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, squeeze, tab, tariff, tick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disbursement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | cost, disposal, expenditure, expense, outgoing, outlay, spending |
| Antonyms: | deposit, hoard, savings |
| Main Entry: | expenditure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, application, bottom line*, charge, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback*, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste, cash on barrelhead, come to*, outgo, spending |
| Antonyms: | savings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge for service or privilege |
| Synonyms: | account, ante*, bill, bite*, chunk*, commission, compensation, consideration, cost, cut*, emolument, end*, expense, gravy*, handle, hire, honorarium, house*, juice*, pay, payment, percentage, piece*, price, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, share, slice*, stipend, take*, toll, wage, piece of the action, rake-off, take-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | numeral; numeric value |
| Synonyms: | amount, character, cipher, cost, digit, number, price, quotation, rate, sum, symbol, terms, total, worth, chiffer, integer |
| Antonyms: | letter |
| Main Entry: | forfeit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given as sacrifice |
| Synonyms: | cost, fine, loss, mulct, penalty, damages, relinquishment |
| Antonyms: | gain, victory, win |
| Main Entry: | loss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost |
| Synonyms: | accident, bad luck, bereavement, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, cost, damage, death, debit, debt, defeat, deficiency, depletion, deprivation, destitution, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, disappearance, disaster, failure, fall, fatality, forfeiture, harm, hurt, injury, losing, misadventure, mishap, need, perdition, privation, ruin, sacrifice, shrinkage, trial, trouble, undoing, want, waste, wreckage, dispossession, impairment, mislaying, misplacing, retardation, squandering |
| Antonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, success, win |
| Main Entry: | outlay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expenses |
| Synonyms: | bite*, bottom line*, charge, cost, damage, disbursement, expenditure, expense, highway robbery, investment, price tag, score*, setback*, tab*, throw*, tune*, spending |
| Antonyms: | income, pay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overhead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | general, continuing costs of operation |
| Synonyms: | budget, burden, cost, depreciation, expense, expenses, insurance, outlay, rent, upkeep, utilities |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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