| Main Entry: | income |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money earned by work or investments |
Synonyms: |
assets, avails, benefits, bottom line, cash, cash flow, commission, compensation, dividends, drawings, earnings, gains, gravy, gross, harvest, honorarium, in the black, interest, livelihood, means, net, pay, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, returns, revenue, royalty, salary, take home, wage |
Antonyms: |
bills, debt, expenses |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained, received |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, allowance, annuity, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, winnings |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Main Entry: | bottom line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indispensable content |
Synonyms: |
basis, conclusion, core, crux, determination, essence, fiber, final decision, fundamentals, income, key point, last word, loss, main idea, main point, main thing, meat and potatoes, name of the game, net, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, point, profit, reality, sum and substance, what it's all about, whole story |
| Main Entry: | circumstances |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of affairs in one's life |
Synonyms: |
assets, capital, chances, class, command, degree, dowry, financial status, footing, income, lifestyle, lot, means, net worth, outlook, position, precedence, prestige, property, prospects, prosperity, rank, rating, resources, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, substance, times, way of life, worldly goods |
| Main Entry: | earnings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for work performed |
Synonyms: |
balance, bottom line, emolument, gain, gate, groceries, in the black, income, lucre, net, pay, payoff, piece of the pie, proceeds, profit, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, reward, salary, salt, stipend, take-home, takings, wages |
Antonyms: |
bills, debt, losses, payout |
| Main Entry: | endowment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gift |
Synonyms: |
award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, funding, gifting, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue, stake, stipend, subsidy, trust |
Antonyms: |
loss |
| Main Entry: | gain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acquisition, winnings |
Synonyms: |
accretion, accrual, accumulation, achievement, addition, advance, advancement, advantage, attainment, benefit, boost, buildup, cut, dividend, earnings, emolument, gravy, growth, headway, hike, improvement, income, increase, increment, lucre, payoff, proceeds, produce, profit, progress, receipts, return, rise, share, take, up*, upping, velvet*, yield |
Antonyms: |
expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, loss, waste |
| Main Entry: | livelihood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
Synonyms: |
alimentation, art, bread and butter, business, circumstances, craft, employment, game*, grind*, income, job, keep*, living, maintenance, means, nine-to-five, profession, racket, rat race, resources, slot, source of income, subsistence, support, sustenance, thing*, trade, vocation, what one is into, work |
Antonyms: |
entertainment, fun |
| Main Entry: | living |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lifestyle; source of income |
Synonyms: |
alimentation, bread and butter, existence, income, job, keep*, livelihood, maintenance, means, mode, occupation, salt, subsistence, support, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, way, work |
Antonyms: |
entertainment, fun |
| Main Entry: | lucre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money, profits |
Synonyms: |
capital, cash, earnings, funds, gain, gate*, gravy, income, proceeds, receipts, resources, revenue, riches, take*, wealth |