| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Money or property used to produce more wealth: backing, capitalization, financing, funding, grubstake, stake, subsidization. See HELP, MONEY. 2. The monetary resources of a government, organization, or individual: finance (used in plural), fund (used in plural), money (often used in plural). See MONEY. 3. All things, such as money, property, or goods, having economic value: asset (used in plural), fortune, mean3 (used in plural), resource (used in plural), wealth, wherewithal. See OWNED. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Exceptionally good of its kind: ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, champion, excellent, fine1, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top. Informal : A-one, bully, dandy, great, swell, topflight, topnotch. Slang : boss. Chiefly British : tophole. See GOOD. 2. Conspicuously bad or offensive: arrant, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank2. See GOOD. 3. Most important, influential, or significant: cardinal, chief, first, foremost, key, leading, main, major, number one, paramount, premier, primary, prime, principal, top. See IMPORTANT.
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