Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
4. Monetary Relations

809. Expenditure.

   NOUN:EXPENDITURE, money going out; outgoings, outlay; expenses, disbursement; prime cost (price) [See Price]; circulation; run upon a bank.
  [MONEY PAID] payment [See Payment]; pay (remuneration) [See Reward]; bribe [See Reward]; fee, footing, garnish [obs.]; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation, gift [See Giving].
  investment; purchase [See Purchase].
  DEPOSIT, pay in advance, earnest, handsel or hansel, installment or instalment.
   VERB:EXPEND, spend; run -, get- through; pay, disburse; ante, ante up [both poker]; pony up [slang, U. S.]; open -, loose -, untie- the purse strings, lay out, shell out [slang], fork out [slang]; bleed; make up a sum, invest, sink money.
  fee (reward) [See Reward]; pay one’s way (pay) [See Payment]; subscribe (give) [See Giving]; subsidize; bribe.
   ADJECTIVE:EXPENDING, expended &c. v.; sumptuary, lavish, free, free with one’s money, liberal; beyond one’s income.
  EXPENSIVE, costly, dear, high-priced, precious, high.
   QUOTATION:Vectigalia nervos esse reipublicæ.—Cicero