| Main Entry: | disbursement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
Synonyms: |
cost, disposal, expenditure, expense, outgoing, outlay, spending |
Antonyms: |
deposit, hoard, savings |
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expense; price paid |
Synonyms: |
amount, arm and a leg, bad news, bite*, bottom dollar, bottom line, charge, damage*, disbursement, dues, expenditure, figure, line, nick, nut*, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, score*, setback*, squeeze*, tab, tariff, ticket, toll, top dollar, value, worth |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment of debt |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, disbursement, liquidation, satisfaction, settlement |
Antonyms: |
indebtedness, owing |
| Main Entry: | dispensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allocation of supply |
Synonyms: |
allotment, appointment, apportionment, award, bestowal, conferment, consignment, courtesy, dealing out, disbursement, distribution, dole, endowment, favor, indulgence, kindness, part, portion, quota, service, share |
| Main Entry: | expenditure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
Synonyms: |
amount, application, bottom line, cash on barrelhead, charge, come to, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback, outgo, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, spending, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
Antonyms: |
savings |
| 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: | outlay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expenses |
Synonyms: |
bite*, bottom line, charge, cost, damage, disbursement, expenditure, expense, highway robbery, investment, price tag, score*, setback*, spending, tab, throw*, tune* |
Antonyms: |
income, pay |
| Main Entry: | payment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fee; installment of fee |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, advance, alimony, amends, amortization, amount, annuity, award, bounty, cash, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursement, discharge, down, fee, hire, indemnification, outlay, part, pay-off, paying, pension, portion, premium, quittance, reckoning, recompense, redress, refund, reimbursement, remittance, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retaliation, return, reward, salary, settlement, subsidy, sum, support, wage |
| Main Entry: | price |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial value |
Synonyms: |
amount, appraisal, appraisement, asking price, assessment, barter, bill, bounty, ceiling, charge, compensation, consideration, cost, damage, demand, disbursement, discount, dues, estimate, exaction, expenditure, expense, face value, fare, fee, figure, hire, outlay, output, pay, payment, premium, prize, quotation, ransom, rate, reckoning, retail, return, reward, score, sticker, tab, tariff, ticket, toll, tune*, valuation, wages, wholesale, worth |
| Main Entry: | admeasurement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distribution |
Synonyms: |
allocation, apportionment, disbursement, dispensation, division, portion |