| Main Entry: | nest egg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saved money |
Synonyms: |
backup, cache, emergency funds, funds, investment, life savings, mad money, means, money in the bank, piggy bank, provisions, rainy day fund, reserve, reserve fund, reserves, resources, savings, savings account, sinking fund, something for a rainy day, something to fall back on, stash, stash, stockpile, unexpended balance |
| Main Entry: | asset(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property or money possessed |
Synonyms: |
ace in the hole, ace up sleeve, backing, bankroll, budget, capital, credit, equity, estate, funds, goods, holdings, kitty, mattress, means, nest egg, nut*, possessions, rainy day, reserve(s), resources, riches, sock, something put aside, something put away, stake, stash, stuff, valuables, wealth |
Antonyms: |
liability |
| Main Entry: | cache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hidden supply |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, assets, drop, drop joint, drop-off, fund, hideout, hiding place, hoard, kitty, nest egg, plant, repository, reserve, shade, stake, stash, stockpile, store, storehouse, supplies, treasure, treasury, wealth |
| Main Entry: | capital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial assets |
Synonyms: |
CD, IRA, business, cash, estate, finances, financing, fortune, funds, gold, interests, investment, kitty, means, money, nest egg, principal, property, resources, savings, stake, stock, substance, treasure, ways and means, wealth, wherewithal |
| Notes: | the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government |
| 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: | funds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cash reserve |
Synonyms: |
accounts receivable, affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, belongings, bread, budget, capital, collateral, currency, dough, earnings, finance, fluid assets, hard cash, kitty, lucre, means, money, money in the bank, money on hand, nest egg, nut*, petty cash, pork barrel, possessions, proceeds, profits, property, ready money, resources, revenue, savings, scratch*, securities, specie, stakes, store*, stuff*, substance, treasure, wealth, wherewithal, winnings |
Antonyms: |
debt |
| Main Entry: | hoard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stockpile |
Synonyms: |
abundance, accumulation, agglomeration, aggregation, amassment, backlog, cache, collection, conglomeration, cumulation, fund, garner, heap, inventory, mass, nest egg, pile, reserve, reservoir, riches, stock, store, supply, treasure, treasure-trove, trove, wealth |
Antonyms: |
debt |
| Main Entry: | means |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealth, resources |
Synonyms: |
ace in the hole, affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, budget, bundle, capital, dough, estate, finances, fortune, funds, holdings, income, intangibles, kitty, money, nest egg, nut*, pocket, possessions, property, purse, rainy day, reserves, revenue, riches, savings, securities, sock, stake, stuff, substance, ways and means, wherewithal |
Antonyms: |
paucity, poorness, shame |
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply |
Synonyms: |
ace in hole, assets, backlog, cache, capital, drop, emergency fund, fund, hoard, insurance, inventory, nest egg, plant, provisions, rainy day fund, reservoir, resources, savings, stash, stock, stockpile, store, wealth |
Antonyms: |
emptiness, nothing |
| Main Entry: | reservoir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation, repository |
Synonyms: |
backlog, basin, cistern, container, fund, holder, lake, nest egg, pond, pool, receptacle, reserve, source, spring, stock, stockpile, storage, store, supply, tank, tarn |
Antonyms: |
nothingness, zilch |