Money & Finance

To explain something, to be responsible for it, or to represent a particular proportion of a total.

To include an extra feature, charge, or element to something that already exists.

To calculate a total, or figuratively, to seem logical or consistent.

To result in a particular total or to represent a particular meaning or significance.

An archaic or rare variant of 'allot to', meaning to assign or distribute a portion of something to a person or group.

To include extra time, money, or space in a plan to deal with something that might happen.

To try to get something you want indirectly, often through hints or clever maneuvering.

To place your initial stake in a card game (especially poker) to enter the round, or figuratively to commit resources to something.

To put in your initial stake in a gambling game, or to pay or contribute money, especially when required to participate in something.

To invest in a cryptocurrency, stock, or financial asset impulsively and without proper research, often following hype.

To defeat someone in an argument or to convince someone to accept a lower price through negotiation.

To sell something by holding an auction, where buyers bid and the highest bidder wins.

An investing strategy where you buy more of an asset as its price falls, reducing your overall average purchase cost.

To result in a middle or balanced figure when all values are considered together.

An investing strategy of buying more of an asset as its price rises, increasing the average purchase price.

To rescue someone from trouble, or to escape from a difficult or dangerous situation.

When two opposing things or forces become equal, or when something compensates for something else.

To rely confidently on something happening or someone doing something.

To lose or surrender something valuable through negotiation, usually carelessly or unwisely.

To expect or anticipate something; to negotiate in order to obtain something.

To shine or fall intensely (of sun or rain); to defeat or suppress someone forcefully; or to negotiate a lower price.

In poker and card games: to make the first bet in a betting round, especially when acting from an early position.

To place a bet on behalf of a group of people, collecting their stake and placing it as one.

To increase the amount of a bet, or to encourage or pressure others to place higher bets.

To cause a price or value to fall by offering competing bids that are progressively lower.

In an auction: for the seller or their agent to place a bid on their own item in order to prevent it from being sold below a desired price.

To acquire something at an auction by having the highest bid.

To cause the price of something to increase by placing or encouraging progressively higher bids at an auction or in competition.

To spend or use up something quickly and carelessly; or to move through a place at speed.

To arrange for a person or animal to live and eat somewhere other than their usual home, typically while paying for it.

To reach the lowest or worst point of something, especially before improving.

to reduce, defeat, make someone sad, or cause something to fall

to introduce, earn, involve, or carry someone or something inside

To contribute money or effort to a shared goal or group activity.

To reduce someone's rank or status, or to lower a value or amount.

To increase an amount, raise someone to a higher rank, or upgrade someone to a better category.

To use up a supply very quickly, or to penetrate a material by burning.

To purchase something that was previously sold or given away; especially when a company repurchases its own shares.

(Finance) To pay an upfront sum of money in order to reduce a mortgage or loan interest rate.

To purchase a stock of something in bulk; also to obtain acceptance or support from others; (finance) a specific market operation.

To accept or believe in an idea, system, or philosophy; to purchase a stake or share in a business or scheme.

To bribe or silence someone by giving them money or something of value.

To purchase someone's entire share of a business or their contractual stake, giving you full control.

To purchase something that someone else was relying on or expected to own, leaving them without it.

To persuade someone to switch allegiance or support by offering money or gifts.

To purchase all or a large amount of something that is available, often to gain control or prevent others from having it.

To place an upper limit or ceiling on something, such as spending, prices, or salaries.

To transfer or continue something from one period, place, or context to another.

To exchange something for its cash value, or to exploit an opportunity for personal gain.

To withdraw all money from an account, convert holdings into cash, or leave a game with one's winnings.

To count and balance the cash in a till or register at the end of a business day.

To throw or deposit something upward or onshore; to raise (a past fault) as a reproach; or to calculate a total.

To rush away energetically; or (in finance/accounting) to classify a debt as a loss.

To choose a cheap or low-quality option to save money, especially when something better was expected.

To choose a cheaper, inferior option when a better one was expected or appropriate.

To dishonestly take something from someone or prevent them from getting something they deserve.

To contribute money to a shared fund, or to add a comment to a conversation.

To break into or make a dent in a resource, fund, or supply by using part of it.

To add something extra to a deal, or to quit a job or activity

To share costs or contribute money jointly (rare, chiefly dialectal British English)

To recover something that was lost, especially money or an advantage, with great effort.

To thoroughly remove all contents from a place and clean it; also to take all of someone's money or possessions.

To make a place clean and tidy after a mess; also to make a large profit, or to reform one's behavior.

To bring something to a final conclusion, especially a sale, account, or deal; also to sell remaining stock at reduced prices.

For a group of people to each contribute a share of money to pay for something jointly.

To provide or deliver something, especially money or information that was promised or expected, sometimes reluctantly.

to move downward, decrease, or lose intensity

to enter a place, receive something such as money, or reach a new state

To formally agree to participate in a scheme, arrangement, or pension plan, typically by signing a contract.

To arrange for work to be done by an outside company rather than internally, or to formally withdraw from a scheme.

To formally and legally choose to remove oneself from a particular obligation, scheme, or agreement.

To calculate or estimate the total cost of a project, plan, or set of activities.

To calculate or estimate the total cost of something, particularly a project, job, or set of materials.

To produce money or information reluctantly, or to expel something from the throat by coughing.

To count a collection of things to find the total.

To fail or stop working suddenly; to withdraw from a commitment at the last moment; to lose in a dice game (gambling origin).

To take the best or most talented people or the most profitable part of something, leaving the rest behind.

To increase or rise gradually and slowly, often without being immediately noticed; or to approach someone quietly.

To reduce the amount, size, or extent of something, especially spending or activity; also to prune a plant.

To reduce the amount of something; to fell a tree; or to knock someone down or kill them.

To make a cut or incision into a surface; or to reduce or take a significant portion from something.

To offer a lower price than a competitor; to cut beneath the surface of something.

To buy and sell a particular type of goods as a business; or figuratively, to work within the realm of particular ideas or qualities.

To dig deeper into the ground, or to apply greater effort and determination to find inner reserves of strength or money.

To read part of a book casually; to take money from savings; or to briefly explore a subject.

To separate something into parts and distribute those parts among people or groups.

To divide and share something among a group of people, usually informally.

Non-standard spelling of 'divvy up'; to divide and share something informally among a group.

To deprive someone of something they deserve through trickery or unfair means.

To manage or survive without something that is absent or unavailable.

To distribute or give out something in small portions, often reluctantly or in a controlled manner.

To pay money out for something, often used informally to mean spending. (Informal, rare)

To raise money, increase funding, or contribute dollars to something. (Informal, rare)

To share a space with someone, to bend in pain or laughter, or to increase something twofold.

To withdraw money from a fund or account, or to reduce the level of something such as military forces or resources.

To travel somewhere by driving, or to cause prices, costs, or numbers to decrease.

To arrive at a place in a vehicle, or to cause prices, costs, or figures to increase.

To become less in amount or strength, or to slope downward sharply.

To fall or move to a lower position, or to decrease in value or level.

To deliver a person or thing to a place by vehicle; to fall asleep; or to decrease in amount or quality.

To stop flowing or being available, to become completely dry, or to stop speaking suddenly.

To generate enough revenue or royalties to cover a previously paid advance.

To gradually use up or reduce a resource, such as time, money, or profit.

To consume all of something, or to use up resources quickly; also used to encourage someone to finish their food.

To increase or move upward slowly and gradually, often in small increments.

To make a limited supply last as long as possible, or to just barely manage to achieve or obtain something.

To transfer a cheque or financial instrument to a third party by signing the back of it.

To make two sides, amounts, or scores equal, especially after one has been at a disadvantage.

To decrease to a level lower than a specific standard, threshold, or expectation.

To decrease by a specified amount or percentage.

To reduce the scale of a farming operation, or (in finance) to sell down a portion of a working interest while retaining some stake.

To waste time or resources by spending them on unimportant, trivial activities.

To calculate or total a set of numbers or costs.

To display something — especially money, wealth, or an item — ostentatiously and publicly to impress others.

For a currency or stock price to be freely determined by the market and currently sitting at a specific value.

To waste time, money, or an opportunity through foolish or irresponsible behavior.

To calculate and write the total of a column of numbers; to add up a bill or account.

An archaic or dialectal expression meaning to hand over or pay out money.

To pay money for something, especially reluctantly or when it seems expensive.

To hand over money or something valuable, often reluctantly.

To make time, space, money, or resources available by removing what was previously using them.

A dialectal or shortened variant of 'fritter away': to waste time, money, or resources in small, pointless amounts.

To waste time, money, or opportunities by spending them on many small, unimportant things over a period of time.

Vulgar slang meaning to squander or waste something through carelessness or recklessness.

Vulgar slang meaning to treat someone very unfairly, deceive them, or cause them serious harm, especially through betrayal.

To manage to survive or function with limited resources or ability.

To manage a situation using only the limited resources, tools, or skills you have.

To become involved in something that others are already doing, especially when you want to share in its benefits.

To escape from or free oneself from a heavy burden, debt, obligation, or oppressive situation.

To give something to someone for free, to reveal a secret unintentionally, or to escort a bride at a wedding.

To return something to the person it belongs to, or to contribute to a community as a way of expressing gratitude.

To move to a lower position, decrease in level or value, or to be received in a particular way.

To share the cost of something with one or more other people.

To join someone else as a partner in a shared plan, cost, or business.

For money, effort, or resources to be used as part of a contribution to a larger goal or fund.

To move to a higher position, for a price or level to increase, for a building to be constructed, or for something to catch fire.

To manage or exist without having something, often implying sacrifice or deprivation.

To eat something quickly and greedily; or to consume, absorb, or use up resources rapidly.

To apply grease, oil, or a lubricant to something or someone; figuratively, to bribe or use money to smooth the way.

To calculate the gross (pre-tax or pre-deduction) amount from a net figure by adding back taxes or other deductions.

To manage to survive or get by with very little, especially financially.

To keep hold of something, physically or figuratively; to retain something.

Having very little money; in financial difficulty.

To pull or drag something or someone in with effort; to earn a large amount of money.

To raise something such as prices or clothing sharply or by a large amount.

To make something or one's services available for payment, either by an owner or by a worker.

To contact someone, especially to ask for something, or to visit a place.

To separate a part of a company or organization and make it independent, often by selling or privatizing it.

To collect and store large amounts of something, often secretly or excessively.

To deliberately refrain from doing, giving, or using something to the full extent.

To grip something firmly, to keep possession of something, or to maintain a belief, memory, or advantage.

To absorb, consume, or collect a large amount of something very quickly and thoroughly

To feel sympathy or pain on behalf of someone, or to be in serious need of something.

To use or manage resources carefully and sparingly so they last longer.

To rise or increase very slowly and gradually, or to move upward in tiny increments.

To lift something higher or make an amount, level, or price go up sharply.

An offensive antisemitic slur meaning to bargain someone down on price.

An offensive antisemitic slur meaning to cheat someone out of something.

To accept or take an opportunity eagerly and without hesitation.

To rise suddenly by jumping; to increase sharply; to get up quickly from a seated position.

To prevent someone or something from moving forward, or to withhold information, money, or emotions.

To maintain a low position, limit an amount or cost, prevent a group from having power, or keep food in the stomach without vomiting.

To relax completely and do nothing; to receive or pay an illegal payment as a bribe; or to recoil from a force.

To start having an effect; to contribute money or effort; or to break something in by kicking.

To drink something quickly, to reject or discourage someone, or to cost a surprising amount of money.

To cause something or someone to fall to the ground, to demolish a building, or to reduce a price.

To stop work for the day, to steal, to kill, to produce quickly, or to reduce a price.

To put something down or stop using it, either temporarily or permanently; to save something for later; or to deliberately stop thinking abo

To store or reserve something for future use; specifically (American English) to reserve a product in a store with a deposit, paying the res

To save or put money aside for future use; (British retail) to reserve goods in a shop while paying in instalments; also a noun: a roadside

To grant the use of property, land, or equipment to someone else in exchange for payment under a formal agreement.

To reduce higher standards, salaries, or quality to match a lower benchmark.

To stop rising or falling and remain at a steady, stable level.

To become flat, stable, or consistent after variation or change.

To enjoy life to the fullest, often by spending money freely and having fun.

To depend on someone or something as your main source of food, money, or support.

To survive using a particular amount of money or food, or to continue to exist after death in memory or legacy.

To bind or commit someone firmly to a particular position, contract, or course of action.

British slang: to bribe someone with money, or to pay someone to secure their cooperation or silence.

To be at a disadvantage or fail to gain something because of competition or bad luck.

To be fortunate; to benefit from good luck, especially in obtaining something desirable.

To obtain or find something desirable purely by chance, without planning or effort.

To experience good fortune; to have things turn out well by chance (American English) — or conversely, to be unlucky (British English).

To see, hear, or understand something with difficulty; to claim something is true; to kiss and caress romantically; or to write a cheque/for

To reduce the price of something; to give a lower grade or score; or to write something down as a note.

To increase the price of something, or to add written corrections and notes to a document.

To become part of a family, social class, or wealthy situation by marrying someone from it.

To reach the maximum limit of something, especially a credit card, capacity, or physical effort.

A rapid, sustained, and often irrational rise in the price of assets or a financial market, driven by fear of missing out rather than econom

To take advantage of someone's generosity by getting food, money, or accommodation from them without paying or contributing.

To increase gradually over time to a large or significant amount.

To calculate or arrive at a final figure after deducting costs, taxes, or losses from gross amounts; used mainly in finance.

To have a total amount of money that is currently owed to various people or organisations.

To get rid of something unwanted or inferior by deceiving someone into accepting it.

A rare or dialectal variant of 'palm off': to deceive someone into accepting something inferior or unwanted.

To divide something into portions and distribute them among several people or uses.

To reduce something carefully to its essential elements by removing what is unnecessary.

To give up or get rid of something, especially something you value or are reluctant to lose.

To choose not to take advantage of an opportunity, usually one that is good or rare.

to get rid of something by making someone else accept it, often unfairly

to return money that you owe, or to hurt someone in revenge

to reduce the amount of debt by making payments

To give money in exchange for goods or services, or to suffer the consequences of your actions

to finish paying money owed, to bring a successful result, or to bribe someone

to give money to someone, especially officially or from a fund, machine, or company

to give money as part of the cost of something

to pay the money that you owe, especially when someone demands it

To force or allow someone to retire by giving them a pension, or to discard something old and replace it.

To waste money, time, or resources on trivial or unimportant things, gradually and pointlessly.

to waste money, time, or opportunities carelessly and stupidly

To put something down heavily or carelessly; or to pay a sum of money bluntly and immediately.

To advocate or argue strongly for a higher value, compensation, or charge; the opposite direction of 'plead down.'

To reinvest profits or money back into the same business or activity that generated them.

To turn material into the soil using a plough, or to invest a large amount of money into something.

American English: to reinvest profits or earnings back into the same business.

To invest heavily or incorporate something into a larger whole

(Non-standard, rare) To put something into one's pocket, or to accumulate money

To pay a required amount of money, often reluctantly or after being pressured.

To pay for something, especially as a treat for others.

To separate or allocate a part of something from the whole, especially a share of money, land, or resources.

To direct a large amount of something — liquid, money, effort, or people — into a specific place or purpose.

to include something in a price or market expectation

to make something too expensive for someone, or to set a price for every option

to work out, label, or set the price of something

to bring something lower, demolish it, or reduce its level

To arrive at a place (of a vehicle), to attract or earn something, or to bring someone in for questioning.

To apply downward physical force on something, or to keep prices, levels, or emotions suppressed.

To cause prices, levels, or quantities to increase, or to physically move something upward by pushing.

To save money or time for a specific purpose, or to temporarily stop thinking about or dealing with a problem or feeling.

To return something to its proper storage place; also to eat or drink large amounts, send someone to prison, or save money.

To save money or goods regularly for use in the future.

To add someone's name to a list to receive or participate in something, or to commit to contributing a particular amount.

To erect or display something; to provide accommodation for someone; to provide money; to offer resistance; to nominate someone for a positi

To build or increase something through a layered, hierarchical structure, each level larger than the one above.

To earn or receive large amounts of something, especially money; a less common variant of 'rake in.'

To accumulate a large amount of something, such as points, debts, wins, or costs, often rapidly.

To earn or accumulate a large amount of money, often quickly or easily.

To make a very large amount of money, used without specifying exactly what is earned.

To remove something with a rake, or to take an illegal or dishonest percentage of money from a deal.

To gather things (especially money or people) with difficulty from various sources.

To increase something steadily and significantly, often in response to demand or urgency.

To increase something steadily, step by step, in a way that is difficult to reverse.

To estimate or calculate the likely cost, time, or implications of something; to take something into account.

To calculate or work out a sum, amount, or solution, especially by going through the steps carefully.

To calculate or add up a total, or to assess and evaluate the full extent of something.

to allow someone to use property or something you own in return for payment

To telephone someone, or to enter the price of goods into a cash register.

To cheat someone by charging too much or stealing from them; to copy someone's idea or work without permission; or to remove something quick

A regional or dialectal variant of 'rob', meaning to steal from someone or to burgle a place completely.

To rise or increase extremely quickly and dramatically.

To reverse or reduce something, especially prices, laws, or policies, to a previous level.

To arrive in large quantities or with ease, or to arrive casually and often late.

To turn over by rolling; to surrender without resistance; or (finance) to extend a loan, debt, or investment for another term.

To reduce a number to the nearest whole number or convenient figure below it.

To complete or conclude something in a satisfying way, or to reduce a number to the nearest convenient figure.

To gather people or animals together, or to increase a number to the nearest convenient whole figure.

To accumulate a large debt or bill through spending; to escalate a total amount

To exhaust or completely deplete a supply of something.

To reach a particular amount or size, to go to someone for help or comfort, or to be able to afford something

To accumulate a debt or bill, to sew something quickly, or to raise a flag

(Informal) To accumulate a debt, bill, or amount in a particular place or currency

To save money, especially large amounts, secretly or for future use.

To set aside or keep a portion of something for future use.

To gradually accumulate money over time, usually for a specific purpose.

To reduce the size, scope, or extent of something, often temporarily.

To reduce something in size, scope, or proportion, often in a planned and proportional way.

To manage to find, gather, or produce something with difficulty or from limited resources.

To lift or gather something using a scooping motion, or to acquire something eagerly.

To manage to live or continue with very little money or resources over an extended period.

To have just enough money or resources to manage, with nothing to spare.

To manage to collect or assemble enough of something (usually money or people) with great difficulty.

To gather or collect something, especially money, with considerable difficulty.

To manage to survive with very little money or resources; a variant of 'scrape by'.

To manage to gather or collect a small amount of something, especially money or people, with difficulty.

To gather or collect something, especially money, with difficulty; also to damage a surface by scratching.

To accumulate a sum of money through extreme frugality and sacrifice

To search for or beg for something in a determined or desperate way, especially from people lower in a hierarchy

To obtain something by begging or foraging, often from an unlikely or tight source

To manage to find or obtain something with effort, usually by begging, borrowing, or searching

In finance, for a broker to sell a client's investments without their knowledge or authorisation; or historically, to sell people away from

To gradually reduce a financial holding or position by selling portions of it over time.

To sell assets, goods, or shares quickly and often at a reduced price, typically to raise money or clear stock.

To buy something and then sell it to someone else, often at a higher price; or to convince someone of something.

To sell all available stock or tickets; to betray one's principles or allies for personal gain.

To sell an asset that someone else was depending on or had an interest in, leaving them without recourse — typically without warning or cons

To sell your entire business, property, or possessions — typically to stop operating or to move on to something else.

To cause someone to oppose something, to offset one thing against another (financial), or to consider one thing in contrast to another.

To reserve something for a specific purpose, or to decide to temporarily ignore something.

To delay progress or development, or to cost someone a specified amount of money.

To save or put away money or goods for future use.

To pay what you owe, especially to divide a shared bill or clear a debt with someone.

To reach a financial or legal resolution with someone, or to pay a debt to a specific person or organisation.

To divide something into portions and give each person their fair share.

Not a widely established standard phrasal verb; occasionally used informally to mean dividing or distributing something.

An archaic or very rare expression meaning to gather or obtain something, often through sharp or cunning means.

To reduce something gradually and carefully, either physically or in terms of size, cost, or quantity.

To remove something by cutting it very close to the surface, or to reduce a small amount from a total.

A rare, non-standard expression meaning to pay or spend money, used as a variant of 'shell out'.

To pay a large or unwelcome amount of money for something.

To grow or rise very rapidly, to attack a place with gunfire, or (slang) to inject drugs

To compare prices, options, or offers from different sources before making a decision

To remove something (often snow, dirt, or money) from a place using a shovel or in a large, effortful way

To formally give up rights, property, or entitlements by signing a legal document.

To agree to participate in something; to register for unemployment benefits; or to start work with an employer.

To formally transfer ownership or rights of something to another person by signing a legal document.

To remove something from the surface of a liquid, or to dishonestly take a portion of money or resources.

An archaic or dialectal expression meaning to waste time, money, or resources in a slovenly or careless way.

To take or acquire something quickly and eagerly, often before others have the chance.

To act quickly, either to speed up what one is doing or to take an opportunity before it disappears.

To buy or take something quickly and eagerly, especially before others can.

To save a sum of money, usually secretly or carefully, for future use.

to rise suddenly and sharply

to spread beyond the original limit or area into another one

To spend a large amount of money on something as a treat or indulgence

To agree to pay for something, especially as a treat or unexpected generous gesture

To adopt a fighting stance, to settle a bill or debt, or to confront a challenge bravely

To save or store something, especially money or supplies, in a secret or private place for future use

To hide or store something, especially money or valuables, secretly or for later use

Informal/slang term meaning to be stingy, to refuse to spend money or share generously.

To buy or gather a large supply of something, often in preparation for future need.

To produce or pay a required amount of money, often reluctantly.

To receive compensation or repayment in a form other than money, such as goods or services.

To drain someone's energy or to deduct an amount from a particular source.

To persuade someone in a dangerous or distressed situation to calm down, or to reduce a price through negotiation.

To calculate or count up the final total of something.

In finance, to reach the end of a loan or credit facility's term, or to extend and restructure a loan by converting it to a longer-term arra

To throw something carelessly in various directions; or to use something (such as money or words) freely and without care.

To dispose of something; or to waste an opportunity, advantage, or resource carelessly.

To include something extra at no extra cost; to add something casually to a conversation or situation; or to give up (in the set phrase 'thr

In betting, when a horse or competitor is withdrawn from a race, causing a specific type of each-way bet to be settled in a particular way.

To provide someone with enough of what they need (money, food, etc.) to get through a difficult period.

A non-standard variant of 'tide over', used to mean providing enough help or resources to survive a difficult period.

To reach a maximum level, value, or point and stop rising.

To add more of something to bring it back to a full or satisfactory level.

To add together a series of numbers or costs to find the final total.

To calculate or add together a set of figures to find the overall sum.

To add up a series of numbers or amounts to reach a total.

To use a contactless card or device to register entry on public transport.

To use a contactless card or device to register your exit from public transport.

to exchange something valuable and lose possession of it, often unwisely

to exchange something for a cheaper, smaller, or lower-quality alternative

to give an old item to a seller as part payment for a new one

to balance one benefit against another cost or disadvantage

to exchange something for a better, larger, or more valuable one

Slang term used in sex work contexts, meaning to perform a sex act for payment.

To move or spread slowly and in small amounts from a higher level to a lower one, especially used of money, benefits, or information.

To make something exactly correct, level, or aligned, especially in accounting or technical contexts.

A traditional Australian and British gambling game in which two coins are tossed and players bet on whether they land heads or tails.

To consume or exhaust the entire supply of something so that none is left.

To win or obtain something easily and impressively, or to take something away from a place.

To increase something, especially a price or level, by a large or sudden amount; or to divide and share something.

To gradually reduce or erode something over time through small, repeated actions.

To pursue something — typically forbidden pleasures, false beliefs, or material gain — in a shameless or morally compromised way.

To exploit or use someone or something purely for financial gain, sacrificing integrity or principles; or literally to prostitute someone.

To regain something or someone that was previously lost.

To eliminate something — such as a debt, excess energy, stress, or calories — through effort or activity.

To record something in writing so you do not forget it, or to reduce the official value of something in accounting.

To dismiss someone or something as a failure or total loss; to officially cancel a debt; or to treat a cost as a tax deduction.

To reduce something to zero, especially a financial figure, or to eliminate a budget or account entirely