Waste Roget’s Thesaurus §638 N. consumption,
expenditure,
exhaustion,
dispersion,
ebb,
leakage, loss, wear and tear, waste,
prodigality, misuse, wasting,
rubbish, mountain in labor
V. spend,
expend, use,
consume, swallow up,
exhaust,
impoverish,
spill,
drain, empty,
disperse, cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away, burn the candle at both ends, waste,
squander, "waste its sweetness on the desert air", cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine, employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a wheel, labor in vain, cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve,
leak, run to waste,
ebb, melt away, run dry, dry up
Adj. wasted, at a low ebb, wasteful, penny wise and pound foolish
Phr. magno conatu magnas nugas, le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle, "idly busy rolls their world away"
N. expenditure, money going out, out goings, out # lay, expenses,
disbursement, prime cost, circulation, run upon a bank, payment, pay,
bribe, fee, footing,
garnish,
subsidy, tribute,
contingent,
quota,
donation, pay in advance, earnest,
handsel, deposit,
installment,
investment, purchase
V. expend,
spend, run through, get through, pay,
disburse,
ante, ante up, pony up*, open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings, lay out, shell out*, fork out*, fork over,
bleed, make up a sum,
invest, sink money, run up debts, run up bills (debt) 806, fee, pay one's way,
subscribe,
subsidize Phr. vectigalia nervos esse reipublicae
N. accounts, accompts|, commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic, statistics, money matters,
finance,
budget, bill,
score,
reckoning, account, books,
account book,
ledger, day book, cash book, pass book, journal, debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account, account current, balance, balance sheet,
compte rendu, account settled,
acquit,
assets,
expenditure,
liabilities, outstanding accounts, profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts,
bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping,
reckoning,
audit,
accountant,
auditor,
actuary,
bookkeeper, bean counter,
financier, accounting party, chartered accountant, certified accountant, accounting firm, auditing firm
V. keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit,
debit, carry over, take stock, balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts, make accounts square, square accounts, bring to book, tax, surcharge and falsify,
audit, field audit, check the books, verify accounts, falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the books, doctor an account
