N. acquisition, gaining, obtainment, procuration, procurement, purchase, descent, inheritance, gift, recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin, restitution, redemption, salvage, trover, find, trouvaille, foundling, gain, thrift, money-making, money grubbing, lucre, filthy lucre, pelf, loaves and fishes, the main chance, emolument, profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit, avails, income, proceeds, produce, product, outcome, output, return, fruit, crop, harvest, second crop, aftermath, benefit, sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool, pot, wealth, subreption, obreption, stealing

V. acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather, collect, pick, pickup, glean, find, come upon, pitch upon, light upon, scrape up, scrape together, get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure, derive, draw, get in the harvest, profit, make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit, turn to profit, turn to account, make capital out of, make money by, obtain a return, reap the fruits of, reap an advantage, gain an advantage, turn a penny, turn an honest penny, make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill, make money, coin money, raise money, raise funds, raise the wind, fill one's pocket, treasure up, realize, clear, produce, take, get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own, come by, come in for, receive, inherit, step into a fortune, step into the shoes of, succeed to, get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at, take possession, come into possession, enter into possession, be profitable, pay, answer, accrue

Adj. acquiring, acquired, profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative

Phr. lucri causa

N. money, legal tender, money matters, money market, finance, accounts, funds, treasure, capital, stock, assets, wealth, supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash, mammon, dough, cabbage, money-like instruments, m1, m2, sum, amount, balance, balance sheet, sum total, proceeds, currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece, hard cash, cold cash, dollar, sterling coin, pounds shillings and pence, ls, d, pocket, breeches pocket, purse, money in hand, cash at hand, ready money, ready cash, slug, wad* wad of bills, wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough, rhino|, blunt|, dust|, mopus|, tin|, salt|, chink|, argent comptant, bottom dollar, buzzard dollar|, checks, dibs*, double eagle, eagle, federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency, federal reserve note, united states note, silver certificate, gold certificate, long bit, short bit, moss, nickel, pile*, pin money, quarter, red cent, roanoke, rock*, seawan, seawant, thousand dollars, grand, single, one-dollar bill, two-dollar bill, five-dollar bill, fiver, fin, lincoln, ten-dollar bill, sawbuck, twenty-dollar bill, jackson, double sawbuck, fifty-dollar bill, hundred-dollar bill, c-note, penny, cent, lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper, two-cent piece three-cent piece, half-dime, nickel, buffalo nickel, v nickel, dime, disme|, mercury dime, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, eisenhower dollar, susan b, anthony dollar, precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget, petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit, stiver, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea, rouleau, wampum, good sum, round sum, lump sum, power of money, plum, lac of rupees, major coin, crown, minor coin, monetarist, monetary theory, numismatics, chrysology, numismatist, paper money, greenback, major denomination, minor denomination, money order, postal money order, post office order, bank note, bond, bill, bill of exchange, order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat, blueback, hundi, shinplaster*, note, note of hand, promissory note, i o u, draft, check, cheque, back-dated check, negotiable order of withdrawal, now, remittance, credit, liability, drawer, drawee, obligor, obligee, moneyer, coiner, false money, bad money, base coin, flash note, slip|, kite*, fancy stocks, bank of elegance, argumentum ad crumenam, letter of credit, circulation, multiplier effect, inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency, deflation, stagflation, exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates, currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change, gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard, bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, now account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super now account, certificate of deposit, cd, $, u, s, $, a$, federal reserve bank, central bank, federal reserve board, board of governors of the federal reserve, treasury department, secret service, mint, bureau of engraving, seigniorage, counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (see falsehood) 545, interest, interest rate, discount rate

V. amount to, come to, mount up to, touch the pocket, draw, draw upon, indorse, issue, utter, discount, back, demonetize, remonetize, fiscalize, monetize, circulate, be in circulation, be out of circulation, mint, coin, print, inflate, deflate, debase, devalue, revalue, circulate, put in circulation, withdraw from circulation, exchange currencies, change money, charge interest, pay interest, lose interest

Adj. monetary, pecuniary, crumenal|, fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatic, numismatical, sterling, nummary

Phr. barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives, "but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that honor feels", gelt regiert die welt, money makes the world go round, nervos belli pecuniam infinitam, redet geld so schweigt die welt, "money is the mother's milk of politics", money is the root of all evil, money isn't everything, "as phony as a three-dollar bill", "don't take any wooden nickels"

N. receipt, value received, money coming in, income, # incomings, innings, revenue, return, proceeds, gross receipts, net profit, earnings, accepta, avails, rent, rent roll, rental, rentage, rack-rent, premium, bonus, sweepstakes, tontine, pension, annuity, jointure, alimony, palimony, pittance, emolument

V. receive, take money, draw from, derive from, acquire, take, bring in, yield, afford, pay, return, accrue

Adj. receiving, received, profitable