N. requirement, need, wants,
necessities, # necessaries, necessaries of life, stress,
exigency,
pinch, sine qua non, matter of necessity, case of need, case of life or death, needfulness,
essentiality, necessity,
indispensability,
urgency,
requisition, (exaction) 741, run upon, demand, call for, charge, claim, command, injunction,
mandate, order,
precept,
desideratum, want
V. require, need, want, have occasion for, not be able to do without, not be able to dispense with, prerequire, render necessary,
necessitate, create a, necessity for, call for, put in requisition, make a requisition, (demand) 741, stand in need of, lack,
desiderate, desire, be necessary &c
Adj. adj, required, requisite, needful, necessary,
imperative, essential, indispensable, prerequisite, called for, in demand, in request,
urgent,
exigent, pressing, instant, crying,
absorbing, in want of, destitute of
Adv. ex necessitate rei, of necessity
Phr. there is no time to lose, it cannot be spared, it cannot be dispensed with, mendacem memorem esse oportet, necessitas non habet legem, nec tecum possum trivere nec sine te, 2, subservience to ends 1. actual subservience
N. insufficiency,
inadequacy, inadequateness,
incompetence,
deficiency, imperfection,
shortcoming,
paucity,
stint,
scantiness, none to spare, bare subsistence,
scarcity,
dearth, want, need, lack, poverty,
exigency,
inanition,
starvation, famine,
drought,
dole,
mite,
pittance, short allowance, short commons, half rations, banyan day,
emptiness, poorness,
depletion,
vacancy,
flaccidity,
ebb tide, low water, "a beggarly account of empty boxes",
indigence,
insolvency V. be insufficient, not suffice, come short of run dry, want, lack, need,
require,
caret, be in want, live from hand to mouth, render insufficient, drain of resources,
impoverish,
stint, put on short allowance, do insufficiently, scotch the snake
Adj. insufficient, inadequate, too little, not enough, unequal to, incompetent, "weighed in the balance and found wanting",
perfunctory, deficient, wanting,
&c. v, imperfect, ill-furnished, ill-provided, ill- stored, ill-off,
slack, at a low ebb, empty,
vacant, bare, short of, out of, destitute of, devoid of, bereft of, denuded of, dry, drained, unprovided, unsupplied, unfurnished,
unreplenished, unfed, unstored,
untreasured, empty-handed,
meager, poor, thin,
scrimp,
sparing,
spare,
stinted,
starved,
starving, halfstarved, famine-stricken,
famished,
jejune,
scant,
scarce, not to be had, not to be had for love or money, not to be had at any price,
scurvy,
stingy, at the end of one's tether, without resources, in want, in debt
Adv. insufficiently, in default of, for want of, failing
Phr. semper avarus eget
N. compulsion,
coercion,
coaction,
constraint,
duress,
enforcement, press,
conscription, force, brute force, main force, physical force, the sword, ultima ratio, club law,
lynch law, mob law, arguementum baculinum, le droit du plus fort,
martial law, restraint, necessity, force majeure,
hobson's choice V. compel, force, make, drive,
coerce,
constrain,
enforce,
necessitate,
oblige, force upon, press, cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat, say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial, put down,
dragoon,
extort, wring from,
squeeze, put on the squeeze, put on the screws, turn on the screw, drag into, bind, bind over, pin down, tie down,
require, tax, put in force, commandeer, restrain
Adj. compelling,
coercive,
coactive,
inexorable,
compulsory,
compulsatory,
obligatory,
stringent,
peremptory, forcible, not to be trifled with,
irresistible, compelled, fain to
Adv. by force, by force of arms, on compulsion,
perforce, vi et armis, under the lash, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet,
forcibly, by a strong arm, under protest, in spite of one's teeth, against one's will, nolens volens, by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather, under press of, de rigueur, with a gun to one's head
Phr. i'll make him an offer he can't refuse
Price Roget’s Thesaurus §812 N. price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand, damage,
fare,
hire, wages, value, dues, duty,
toll, tax, impost,
cess,
sess,
tallage,
levy, abkari, capitation tax, poll tax,
doomage, likin,
gabel,
gabelle,
gavel,
octroi, custom,
excise,
assessment,
benevolence,
tithe, tenths, exactment,
ransom,
salvage,
tariff,
brokerage,
wharfage,
freightage, bill, shot
V. bear a price, set a price, fix a price,
appraise,
assess,
doom, price, charge, demand, ask,
require, exact, run up, distrain, run up a bill, have one's price,
liquidate, amount to, come to, mount up to, stand one in,
fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford
Phr. no penny no paternoster, point d'argent point de suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch, one may have it for, a bon marche
N. due, dueness, right, privilege,
prerogative,
prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand,
birthright,
immunity,
license, liberty,
franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority,
warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond,
claimant,
appellant,
plaintiff V. be due, to, be the due, of, have right to, have title to, have claim to, be entitled to, have a claim upon, belong to, deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve, demand, claim, call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for,
revendicate, reclaim, exact, insist on, insist upon,
challenge, take one's stand, make a point of,
require, lay claim to, assert, assume,
arrogate, make good,
substantiate, vindicate a claim, vindicate a right, fit for, qualify for, make out a case, give a right, confer a right,
entitle,
authorize,
sanctify,
legalize,
ordain,
prescribe,
allot, give every one his due, pay one's dues, have one's due, have one's rights, use a right, assert,
enforce, put in force, lay under contribution
Adj. having a right to, entitled to, claiming, deserving, meriting, worthy of, privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized, ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered,
enfranchised,
prescriptive,
presumptive, absolute,
indefeasible,
unalienable,
inalienable,
imprescriptible,
inviolable,
unimpeachable, unchallenged,
sacrosanct, due to, merited, deserved,
condign, richly deserved, allowable, lawful,
licit, legitimate, legal,
legalized, square, unexceptionable, right,
equitable, due, en r gle, fit, fitting, correct, proper, meet,
befitting, becoming, seemly,
decorous, creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet, just the thing, quite the thing, selon les r gles
Phr. civis romanus sum, chaque saint sa chandelle
Duty Roget’s Thesaurus §926 N. duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation,
accountableness, liability,
onus,
responsibility, bounden duty, imperative duty, call, call of duty,
accountability, allegiance,
fealty, tie engagement, part, function, calling, morality, morals,
decalogue, case of conscience,
conscientiousness, conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience, superego, the hell within, dueness, propriety, fitness,
seemliness,
amenability,
decorum, τὸ πρέπον, the thing, the proper thing, the right thing to do, the proper thing to do, ethics,
ethology,
deontology,
aretology,
moral philosophy, ethical philosophy,
casuistry,
polity,
observance,
fulfillment, discharge, performance,
acquittal, satisfaction,
redemption, good behavior
V. be the duty of, be incumbent, on, be responsible,
behoove, become,
befit,
beseem, belong to, pertain to, fall to one's lot, devolve on, lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door, rest with, rest on the shoulders of, take upon oneself, be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for, incur a responsibility, be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation, have to answer for, owe to it oneself, impose a duty,
&c. n,
enjoin,
require, exact, bind, bind over, saddle with,
prescribe,
assign, call upon, look to,
oblige, enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation, act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post, do duty, do one's duty, be on one's good behavior, mind one's p's and q's
Adj. obligatory, binding,
imperative,
peremptory,
stringent,
behooving, incumbent on, chargeable on, under obligation, obliged by, bound by, tied by, saddled with, due to, beholden to, bound to, indebted to, tied down,
compromised, in duty bound,
amenable, liable, accountable, responsible, answerable, right, meet, moral, ethical, casuistical,
conscientious,
ethological Adv. with a safe conscience, as in duty, bound, on one's own responsibility, at one's own risk, suo periculo, in foro conscientiae, quamdiu se bene gesserit
Phr. dura lex sed lex, dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, honos habet onus, leve fit quod bene fertur onus, loyaute m'oblige, "simple duty bath no place for fear", "stern daughter of the voice of god", "there is a higher law than the constitution"
