| ward off | | |
| v. (social) | 1. avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off | prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| v. (competition) | 2. ward off | avert, turn away, or repel.; "Ward off danger" |
| ~ defend | be on the defensive; act against an attack. |
| money | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. money | the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender.; "we tried to collect the money he owed us" |
| ~ appropriation | money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose. |
| ~ money supply | the total stock of money in the economy; currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks. |
| ~ fund, monetary fund | a reserve of money set aside for some purpose. |
| ~ medium of exchange, monetary system | anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region. |
| ~ boodle, clams, dinero, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, wampum, bread, cabbage, dough, loot, scratch, sugar | informal terms for money. |
| ~ shinplaster | paper money of little value issued on insufficient security. |
| ~ subsidisation, subsidization | money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy. |
| ~ token money | coins of regular issue whose face value is greater than their intrinsic value. |
| n. (possession) | 2. money | wealth reckoned in terms of money.; "all his money is in real estate" |
| ~ wealth | property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value. |
| ~ big bucks, big money, megabucks, bundle, pile | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit).; "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house" |
| n. (possession) | 3. money | the official currency issued by a government or national bank.; "he changed his money into francs" |
| ~ sterling | British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK. |
| ~ currency | the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used. |
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