N. barter, exchange, scorse|,
truck system, # interchange, a roland for an oliver, quid pro quo,
commutation, composition, indian gift, trade, commerce, mercature|, buying and selling, bargain and sale, traffic, business, nundination|, custom,
shopping, commercial enterprise, speculation,
jobbing,
stockjobbing,
agiotage,
brokery, deal, dealing,
transaction,
negotiation,
bargain,
free trade V. barter, exchange,
swap,
swop,
truck, scorse|,
interchange, commutate, compound for, trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate|, carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade, be in business, be in the city, keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in, trade with, deal with, have dealings with, transact business with, do business with, open an account with, keep an account with,
bargain, drive a bargain, make a bargain,
negotiate, bid for,
haggle,
higgle,
dicker,
chaffer,
huckster,
cheapen, beat down,
stickle, stickle for, out bid, under bid, ask, charge, strike a bargain,
speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring, buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high, corner the market, rig the market, stag the market
Adv. across the counter
Phr. cambio non e furto
N. parsimony, parcity|,
parsimoniousness,
stinginess,
stint,
illiberality,
tenacity,
avarice,
greed,
miser,
niggard,
churl, screw,
skinflint,
crib,
codger,
muckworm,
scrimp,
lickpenny,
hunks,
curmudgeon,
harpagon,
harpy,
extortioner,
jew,
usurer,
hessian, pinch fist, pinch penny
V. be parsimonious,
grudge,
begrudge,
stint,
pinch,
gripe, screw, dole out, hold back,
withhold,
starve,
famish, live upon nothing, skin a flint, drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain,
cheapen, beat down, stop one hole in a sieve, have an itching palm,
grasp,
grab Adj. parsimonious,
penurious,
stingy,
miserly, mean,
shabby,
peddling,
scrubby, penny wise, near,
niggardly, close, fast handed, close handed, strait handed, close fisted, hard fisted, tight fisted,
tight,
sparing,
chary,
grudging,
griping,
illiberal, ungenerous,
churlish,
hidebound,
sordid,
mercenary,
venal,
covetous,
usurious,
avaricious,
greedy,
extortionate,
rapacious Adv. with a sparing hand
Phr. desunt inopioe multa avaritiae omnia, "hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill", "the unsunn'd heaps of miser's treasures", words relating to the sentiment and moral powers
