bill at sight
To pay a bill at sight; to be ready at all times for the venereal act.
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Prices, haggling, wealth, and being broke.
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billingsgate language
Foul language, or abuse. Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish; and where, in their dealings and disputes, they are somewhat apt to leave decency and good manners a little on the left hand.
black diamonds
Coals; talented persons of dingy or unpolished exterior; rough jewels.
bread and honey
Money.
Bugs Bunny
Money.
buy and sell
completely believe or trust someone
canting dictionary
Comprehending all the Terms, Antient and Modern, used in the several Tribes of Gypsies, Beggars, Shoplifters, Highwaymen, Foot-Pads, and all other Clans of Cheats and Villains, with Proverbs, Phrases, Figurative Speeches, &c., to which is added a complete Collection of Songs in the Canting Dialect, 12mo. 1725.
check and balance
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
checks and balances
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
coin purse
Testicles.
coin slot
Vagina.
conshun’s price
Fair terms, without extortion. Probably conscience price.—Anglo-Chinese.
dollars and cents
Making financial sense or being practical
even money
Odds that are equal for both sides of a bet
everyone has their price
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
five shillings
The sign of five shillings, i.e. the crown. Fifteen shillings; the sign of the three crowns.
flush in the pocket
Full of money. The cull is flush in the fob. The fellow is full of money.
fortune hunters
Indigent men, seeking to enrich themselves by marrying a woman of fortune.
gentleman of three ins
In debt, in gaol, and in danger of remaining there for life: or, in gaol, indicted, and in danger of being hanged in chains.
gentleman of three outs
That is, without money, without wit, and without manners: some add another out, i.e. without credit.
gold finder
One whose employment is to empty necessary houses; called also a tom-turd-man, and night-man: the latter, from that business being always performed in the night.
golden grease
A bribe.
grannum's gold
Hoarded money: supposed to have belonged to the grandmother of the possessor.
green stuff
Money.
he is worth his weight in gold. (16th century)
Someone extremely valuable or helpful
high water
It is high water, with him; he is full of money.
hush money
Money given to hush up or conceal a robbery, theft, or any other offence, or to take off the evidence from appearing against a criminal.
if fortune favours, beware of being exalted; if fortune thunders, beware of being overwhelmed
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
If wealth is lost, nothing is lost. If health is lost, something is lost. If character is lost, everything is lost
Losing character is the greatest loss of all
king’s pictures
(now, of course, QUEEN’S PICTURES), money.
lovely jubbly
Money.
make money
Earn or acquire money
mint sauce
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.