6.8 Finance

Use this domain for words related to finance.

OMC Codes: 
450 Finance
Louw Nida Codes: 
57 Possess, Transfer, Exchange
  • What words refer to finance?
    finance, financial, monetary, fiscal
  • 6.8.1 Have wealth

    Use this domain for words related to having wealth.

    OMC Codes: 
    420 Property
    510 Living Standards and Routines
    511 Standard of Living
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57A Have, Possess, Property, Owner
  • What words refer to having wealth?
    have, possess, own
  • What words refer to the things a person owns?
    possessions, property
  • What words refer to the person who owns something?
    owner
  • 6.8.1.1 Own, possess

    Use this domain for words related to owning something.

    OMC Codes: 
    421 Property System
  • What words refer to owning something?
    own, possess, have, belong to
  • What words refer to the person who owns something?
    owner,
  • What words refer to claiming something as your own?
    call, claim, have dibs, lay claim to, stake a claim
  • 6.8.1.2 Rich

    Use this domain for words related to being rich.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57C Be Rich, Be Wealthy
  • What words refer to being rich?
    be wealthy, be rich, rich person, the rich, the wealth, the upper class, live comfortable, be well-off, well-to-do
  • What words describe someone who is rich?
    rich, wealthy, affluent, prosperous, well-off, privileged,
  • What words describe someone who is very rich?
    fabulous wealth, filthy rich, millionaire, billionaire
  • What words refer to someone who has enough but is not rich or poor?
    middle class, bourgeois
  • 6.8.1.3 Poor

    Use this domain for words related to being poor.

    OMC Codes: 
    735 Poverty
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57F Be Poor, Be Needy, Poverty
    57S Be a Financial Burden
  • What words refer to being poor?
    be poor, be below the poverty line, hardship case
  • What words describe someone who is poor?
    poor (person, man), destitute (person), needy, bankrupt, broke, needy, underprivileged, impoverished,
  • What words are used for very bad poverty?
    destitute, abject poverty, owns nothing but the clothes on his back
  • What words refer to the condition of being poor?
    poverty,
  • What is a poor person called?
    poor person, tramp, bum, hobo, beggar, homeless person
  • What are poor people called?
    the poor, the homeless, the destitute
  • 6.8.1.4 Store wealth

    Use this domain for words related to storing wealth.

    OMC Codes: 
    454 Saving and Investment
    453 Banking
  • What words are used of storing wealth?
    store, put it away, stash it away
  • What words are used of saving wealth?
    save, invest
  • What is stored wealth called?
    wealth, savings, investments
  • Where is wealth stored?
    bank, storehouse, vault, safe, piggy bank, cookie jar, cash box, wallet, purse, money belt, under the mattress
  • 6.8.1.5 Possession, property

    Use this domain for words related to property--the things you own.

    OMC Codes: 
    422 Property in Movables
    423 Real Property
    424 Incorporeal Property
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57D Treasure
  • What words refer to something that is owned?
    possession,
  • What words refer to the things you own?
    property, wealth, riches, belongings, real estate
  • 6.8.2 Accumulate wealth

    Use this domain for words related to accumulating wealth.

    OMC Codes: 
    556 Accumulation of Wealth
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57G Take, Obtain, Gain, Lose
  • What words refer to accumulating wealth?
    accumulate, acquire, get rich, prosper
  • 6.8.2.1 Produce wealth

    Use this domain for words related to producing wealth.

  • What words refer to producing wealth?
    produce, make, manufacture, supply
  • 6.8.2.2 Make profit

    Use this domain for words related to making a profit.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57P Earn, Gain, Do Business
  • What words refer to making a profit?
    make a profit, profitable, make a killing, take in, gain
  • What words refer to profit?
    profit, income, take (n)
  • 6.8.2.3 Lose wealth

    Use this domain for words related to losing wealth.

  • What words refer to losing wealth?
    lose (wealth), lose your business, lose your shirt, loss, suffer loss, fail to make a profit, go bankrupt, fall behind, fall into debt, be unprofitable
  • 6.8.2.4 Frugal

    Use this domain for words related to being frugal--to not spend a lot of money.

  • What words refer to not wanting to spend money?
    frugal, thrifty, careful with your money, economical
  • What words refer to spending less money?
    economize, tighten your belt, budget, scrimp and save, on a shoestring, skimp by on, scrape by
  • 6.8.2.5 Greedy

    Use this domain for words related to being greedy.

  • What words refer to wanting more money?
    greedy, greed, grasping, materialistic
  • 6.8.2.6 Collect

    Use this domain for words related to collecting things you find interesting. In some cultures people collect rare or valuable things that they think are attractive or interesting, such as art, stamps, coins, books, or antiques.

  • What words refer to collecting things?
    collect, acquire,
  • What words refer to someone who collects things?
    collector,
  • What words refer to things that someone has collected?
    collection, set,
  • 6.8.2.7 Earn

    Use this domain for words related to earning money for work that you do.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57P Earn, Gain, Do Business x
  • What words refer to earning money?
    earn, be paid, get paid, make, get, be on, gross,
  • What words refer to earning a certain amount of money after taxes have been taken out?
    take home, net, clear,
  • What words refer to earning enough to pay for what you need?
    earn a living, make a living, support yourself, earn your keep,
  • What words refer to earning a lot of money?
    make good money, be highly paid, be well paid, make a fortune, rake it in,
  • What words refer to the money you earn?
    pay, salary, wages, earnings, income, wage,
  • What words refer to someone who earns money?
    the breadwinner, wage-earner, salaried, on a salary,
  • 6.8.3 Share wealth

    Use this domain for words related to sharing wealth with others.

    OMC Codes: 
    740 Health and Welfare
    741 Philanthropic Foundations
    747 Private Welfare Agencies
  • What words refer to sharing wealth with others?
    share, hand out, give out, distribute, dish out, dole out, give away, give to charity, give to the poor, donate, make a donation
  • 6.8.3.1 Give, donate

    Use this domain for words referring to giving something to someone, in which there is a transference of ownership.

    OMC Codes: 
    431 Gift Giving
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57H Give
  • What words refer to giving something to someone?
    give, give away, donate, let someone have, offer, spare,
  • What words refer to officially giving something to someone?
    allocate, allot, award, confer, grant, present,
  • What words refer to giving something to poor people?
    give, give away, donate, go to, make a donation, subscribe to,
  • What words refer to giving many things to someone?
    be generous, lavish something on, shower,
  • What words refer to someone who gives?
    giver, benefactor, donor, philanthropist,
  • What words refer to something that is given?
    gift, present, prize, reward,
  • What words refer to something that is given to poor people?
    charity, donation, handout,
  • 6.8.3.2 Generous

    Use this domain for words related to being generous.

  • What words refer to being generous?
    be generous, be kind, be gracious, be charitable, generosity, charity, charitable giving
  • 6.8.3.3 Stingy

    Use this domain for words related to being stingy.

  • What words refer to refusing to share?
    hoard, parsimony
  • What words describe a person who refuses to share?
    stingy, avaricious, parsimonious, miserly
  • What words refer to a person who refuses to share?
    miser
  • 6.8.3.4 Beg

    Use this domain for words related to begging--for a poor person to ask other people to give them money, food, or other things.

  • What words refer to begging?
    beg, beg for, panhandle, bum, mooch off, ask alms
  • What words refer to someone who begs?
    beggar, mendicant, scrounger, parasite, panhandler, bum
  • What words refer to giving to a beggar?
    give alms,
  • What words refer to something someone gives to a beggar?
    alms, contribution, charity,
  • 6.8.4 Financial transaction

    Use this domain for words related to financial transactions.

    OMC Codes: 
    425 Acquisition and Relinquishment of Property
    430 Exchange
  • What general words refer to financial transactions?
    transact, transaction
  • 6.8.4.1 Buy

    Use this domain for words related to buying something.

    OMC Codes: 
    432 Buying and Selling
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57O Sell, Buy, Price
  • What words refer to buying something?
    buy, purchase, pick up (at the store)
  • What words refer to someone who buys something?
    buyer, customer
  • What words refer to something that is bought?
    purchase, merchandise, goods
  • 6.8.4.2 Sell

    Use this domain for words related to selling something.

  • What words refer to selling something?
    sell, offer (for purchase), to market
  • 6.8.4.3 Price

    Use this domain for words related to the price of something--how much money you have to pay to buy something.

    OMC Codes: 
    435 Price and Value
  • What words refer to the price of something?
    cost, price, value, charge, rate, wage, expense,
  • What words refer to setting a price for something?
    price, set price, fix price, raise price, lower price, value, charge
  • What words do people use when they ask the price of something?
  • 6.8.4.3.1 Expensive

    Use this domain for words related to an expensive price.

  • What words refer to a price that seems high?
    expensive, high, dear, costly
  • 6.8.4.3.2 Cheap

    Use this domain for words related to a cheap price.

  • What words refer to a price that seems low?
    cheap, low, inexpensive, great price, bargain, on sale, deal (n)
  • 6.8.4.3.3 Free of charge

    Use this domain for words related to something being free of charge--something you can have without paying for it.

  • What words describe something that is free?
    free, free of charge, cost nothing, complementary, no charge
  • 6.8.4.4 Bargain

    Use this domain for words related to bargaining over the price of something.

  • What words refer to bargaining over a price?
    bargain, negotiate a price, haggle, discount,
  • 6.8.4.5 Pay

    Use this domain for words related to paying money for something.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57L Pay, Price, Cost
  • What words refer to paying money for something?
    pay, payment, remunerate, remuneration
  • What words refer to a piece of paper that says how much you must pay?
    bill
  • What words refer to a piece of paper that says you have paid for something?
    receipt, ticket
  • 6.8.4.6 Hire, rent

    Use this domain for words related to hiring or renting something--to pay money so that you can use something that belongs to someone else.

    OMC Codes: 
    427 Renting and Leasing
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57M Hire, Rent Out
  • What words refer to hiring something?
    hire, rent, hireling, rental, to contract out, subcontract, tenancy
  • What words refer to something that has been hired?
    hired hand, employee
  • What words refer to someone who rents a house?
    tenant
  • 6.8.4.7 Spend

    Use this domain for words related to spending money.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57K Spend, Waste
  • What words refer to spending money?
    spend, pay, give
  • What words refer to spending lots of money?
    spend a lot, go to great expense, spare no expense, shell out, go through, eat up
  • What words refer to spending money carelessly?
    squander, blow, waste, scatter
  • What words describe someone who spends lots of money carelessly?
    extravagant, spendthrift, big spender
  • What words refer to not spending a lot of money?
    economize, scrimp and save, budget, tighten your belt, live on a shoestring
  • What words describe someone who does not spend a lot of money?
    thrifty, economical, frugal, careful with your money
  • What words describe how much you spend?
    expenses, expenditure, spending, outlay, overhead, costs, budget
  • 6.8.4.8 Store, marketplace

    Use this domain for words related to a store or marketplace where things are sold.

  • What words refer to a place where things are sold?
    marketplace, market (n), stall, booth, store, salesroom
  • What words refer to a person who sells things?
    salesman, clerk, shopkeeper, storekeeper
  • 6.8.4.9 Exchange, trade

    Use this domain for words related to exchanging or trading things.

    OMC Codes: 
    437 Exchange Transactions
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57J Exchange
  • What words refer to trading one thing for another?
    trade (v), trade (n), exchange (v), exchange (n), swap, barter,
  • 6.8.5 Borrow

    Use this domain for words related to borrowing something.

  • What words refer to borrowing something?
    borrow, have the use of
  • What words refer to borrowing money?
    borrow, take out a loan
  • What words refer to renting something?
    rent, hire, lease, charter
  • What words refer to the money that is borrowed?
    loan, mortgage, debt
  • 6.8.5.1 Lend

    Use this domain for words related to lending something.

  • What words refer to lending something?
    lend, loan, invest
  • 6.8.5.2 Give pledge, bond

    Use this domain for words related to giving a pledge to replay a loan.

  • What words refer to giving a pledge to repay a loan?
    give a pledge, bond, collateral, earnest, put up collateral, promissory note, lien, credit, security, surety
  • 6.8.5.3 Owe

    Use this domain for words related to owing money.

    OMC Codes: 
    426 Borrowing and Lending
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57R Owe, Debt, Cancel
    57Q Lend, Loan, Interest, Borrow, Bank
  • What words refer to owing money?
    owe, be in debt, have a debt, heavily in debt
  • What words refer to the money you owe?
    debt, indebtedness,
  • 6.8.5.4 Repay debt

    Use this domain for words related to repaying a debt.

  • What words refer to repaying a debt?
    repay, return, restore (to rightful owner)
  • 6.8.5.5 Credit

    Use this domain for words referring to credit--when a lending institution, such as a bank, has some of your money, so they owe you something.

    OMC Codes: 
    452 Credit
  • What words refer to credit?
    credit, account, place to your credit, to the account of, deposit
  • 6.8.6 Money

    Use this domain for words related to money.

    OMC Codes: 
    436 Medium of Exchange
    457 Foreign Exchange
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    6K Money and Monetary Units
  • What words refer to money?
    money, currency, finance, financial, bill, denomination, bread (slang), coin, bill, check, cash
  • 6.8.6.1 Monetary units

    Use this domain for words related to monetary units.

  • What are the units of currency?
    cent, penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, greenback, bill, C note, pence, pound
  • 6.8.7 Accounting

    Use this domain for words related to accounting--to keep records of money.

    OMC Codes: 
    451 Accounting
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57T Keep Records
  • What words refer to accounting?
    accounting, account, accountant, CPA, ledger
  • 6.8.8 Tax

    Use this domain for words related to tax.

    OMC Codes: 
    651 Taxation and Public Income
    652 Public Finance
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57N Tax, Tribute
  • What words refer to tax?
    tax, taxes, taxation, tax collector, tribute
  • What words refer to charging tax?
    to tax, charge tax, levy taxes, taxation, impose
  • What words refer to owing tax?
    owe tax
  • What words refer to paying tax?
    pay taxes
  • What words refer to the government agency that is responsible for taxes?
    Internal Revenue Service
  • 6.8.9 Dishonest financial practices

    Use this domain for words related to dishonest financial practices.

  • What words refer to dishonest financial practices?
    dishonest, unscrupulous, fraud, corruption, graft, malfeasance, vice
  • What words refer to making fake money?
    counterfeit, counterfeiter, counterfeit bill, bogus
  • 6.8.9.1 Steal

    Use this domain for words related to stealing something--to take something that does not belong to you.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    57U Steal, Rob
  • What words refer to stealing something?
    steal, filch, help yourself to, lift, nick, pinch, purloin, rip off, rustle, take, walk off with,
  • What words refer to stealing something that is not very valuable?
    pilfer, snitch, swipe, petty larceny,
  • What words refer to stealing things from a house or store?
    burgle, burglarize, hold up, knock over, loot, rob (a bank), shoplift,
  • What words refer to stealing something from a person?
    rob, mug, pickpocket, pick someone's pocket, snatch someone's purse,
  • What words refer to stealing money from your job?
    embezzle, misappropriate, have your fingers in the till, embezzlement, corruption, abscond with the money, skim profits,
  • What words refer to stealing a vehicle?
    carjacking, hijack, hijacked, hijacking, piracy,
  • What do robbers do in order to steal things?
    break in, break down the door, case a joint, crack a safe, pick a lock,
  • What words refer to the crime of stealing?
    stealing, burglary, larceny, robbery, shoplifting, theft,
  • What words refer to the act of stealing?
    banditry, break-in, breaking and entering, embezzlement, hold-up, jewel heist, job, misappropriation, mugging, purse snatching, pick pocketing, pilferage, pilfering, racketeering, raid, robbery, snatch, stick-up, theft,
  • What words refer to a person who steals?
    bandit, burglar, cutpurse, embezzler, gangster, highwayman, hijacker, kleptomaniac, mugger, pickpocket, pilferer, pirate, plunderer, purse-snatcher, robber, bank robber, train robber, shoplifter, stealer, thief, jewel thief,
  • What words describe someone who steals?
    light-fingered, thieving,
  • What words refer to something that is stolen?
    loot, the goods, stolen goods, haul, hot items, tainted money
  • What words describe something that is stolen?
    hot, pirated, stolen,
  • What do robbers do with the things they steal?
    fence stolen goods, launder money, bury treasure
  • What tools are used by robbers?
    gun, knife, pick, safe cracking tools, skeleton key, mask, gloves, get away car
  • What words refer to catching a thief?
    caught red-handed
  • 6.8.9.2 Cheat

    Use this domain for words related to cheating someone.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    88S Exploit
  • What words refer to cheating someone?
    cheat, chisel, deceive, defraud, fraud, greed, impose yourself on, maneuver, scheme, swindle, take someone, trick,
  • 6.8.9.3 Extort money

    Use this domain for words related to extorting money--forcing someone to give you money on a regular basis by threatening them with some harm.

  • What words refer to extorting money?
    extort, extortion, racket, racketeering, organized crime
  • 6.8.9.4 Take by force

    Use this domain for words related to taking something by force.

  • What words refer to taking something by force?
    take by force, snatch, ransack, plunder, pillage
  • 6.8.9.5 Bribe

    Use this domain for money given to a person to do something bad.

  • What words refer to bribing someone?
    bribe, offer a bribe, give a bribe, take a bribe, bribery, corrupt, corruption, kickback, money under the table
  • What words refer to money given to a person for betraying or murdering someone.
    murder money, blood money, cursed money
  • 6.8.9.6 Smuggle

    Use this domain for words related to smuggling--taking something secretly into a country, something which is illegal or without paying duty.

  • What words refer to smuggling?
    smuggle, smuggling
  • What words refer to someone who smuggles?
    smuggler
  • What words refer to something that is smuggled?
    contraband