| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Fabric used especially as a symbol: banderole, banner, banneret, color (used in plural), ensign, flag1, oriflamme, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer. See SUBSTITUTE. 2. Slang. Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange: cash, currency, lucre, money. Informal : wampum. Slang : bread, cabbage, dough, gelt, green, lettuce, long green, mazuma, moola, scratch. Chiefly British : brass. See MONEY. 3. A person engaged in sailing or working on a ship. Also used with uppercase: jack-tar, mariner, navigator, sailor, sea dog, seafarer, seaman. Informal : salt, tar. Slang : gob3. See SEA. | | VERB: | To increase in amount. Also used with up: boost, hike, jump, raise, up. See INCREASE.
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