make money
Earn or acquire money
Money & bargaining · Tiền bạc 216
Prices, haggling, wealth, and being broke.
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Money.
money is a good servant, but a bad master. (17th century)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. (Francis Bacon)
Wealth is only beneficial when shared or used to help others
money is not everything
Wealth does not guarantee happiness or fulfillment
money makes the world go around
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. (Aphra Behn)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
money's worth
to get the value or satisfaction one has paid for
on the money
Completely accurate or correct
penny-wise and pound foolish
Saving in small matters, and extravagant in great.
pin money
Money for personal or discretionary use
plum cash
Prime cost.
power of the purse
The ability to control spending and budget decisions
price is right
The cost is acceptable or suitable
price on someone's head
A reward offered for someone's capture or death
purse proud
One that is vain of his riches.
r. m. d
Cash down, immediate payment. The initial letters of READY MONEY DOWN. Another version of this is P. Y. C. (pay your cash), often seen in the market quotations,—as, "Meat fetched 6s. 4d. a stone, P. Y. C., and 6s. 6d. for the account."
rabbit suckers
Young spendthrifts taking up goods on trust at great prices.
rich men seem happy, great and wise, all which the good man only is
Wealth can give a false impression of happiness, greatness, and wisdom
Riches are for spending. (Francis Bacon)
Wealth should be used and enjoyed, not just saved.
rum cod
A good purse of gold. CANT.
savings and loan
Financial institution providing savings accounts and mortgage loans
sell bargains
To deceive or cheat someone by appearing to offer a good deal
sell up
To sell one's business or other major asset (such as a home).
silver beggar
Or LURKER, a vagabond who travels through the country with "briefs" containing false statements of losses by fire, shipwrecks, accidents, &c. Forged documents are exhibited with signatures of magistrates and clergymen. Accompanying these are sham subscription books. The former, in beggar parlance, is termed "a sham," whilst the latter is denominated "a delicate."
sold up
Or OUT, broken down, bankrupt.
strike me lucky!
An expression used by the lower orders when making a bargain, derived from the old custom of striking hands together, leaving in that of the seller a LUCK PENNY as an earnest that the bargain is concluded. In Ireland, at cattle markets, &c., a penny, or other small coin, is always given by the buyer to the seller to ratify the bargain.—Hudibras. Anciently this was called a "God’s penny."
supply and demand
The relationship between the availability and desire for something
the love of money is the root of all evil
Synonym of money is the root of all evil.
the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
Wealth tends to concentrate among those already wealthy
the streets are paved with gold
A place offers abundant opportunities and wealth
the worth of a thing is what it will bring
Something's value is determined by what you can get for it
to melt
To spend. Will you melt a borde? will you spend a shilling? The cull melted a couple of decusses upon us; the gentleman spent a couple of crowns upon us. CANT.
to pay
To smear over. To pay the bottom of a ship or boat; to smear it over with pitch: The devil to pay, and no pitch hot or ready. SEA TERM.--Also to beat: as, I will pay you as Paul paid the Ephesians, over the face and eyes, and all your d---d jaws. To pay away; to fight manfully, also to eat voraciously. To pay through the nose: to pay an extravagant price.
vincent's law
The art of cheating at cards, composed of the following associates: bankers, those who play booty; the gripe, he that betteth; and the person cheated, who is styled the vincent; the gains acquired, termage.
wallet, keys, phone
essential items to carry when going out