| matter | that which has mass and occupies space, physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it |
| matter | (used with negation) having consequence, they were friends and it was no matter who won the games |
grey matter
gray matter
grey substance
gray substance
substantia grisea | greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers, forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons |
white matter
substantia alba | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths |
matter affair
thing | a vaguely specified concern, several matters to attend to, it is none of your affair, things are going well |
| matter | a problem, is anything the matter? |
topic
subject issue
matter | some situation or event that is thought about, he kept drifting off the topic, he had been thinking about the subject for several years, it is a matter for the police |
| matter of fact | a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact |
conservation of mass
conservation of matter
law of conservation of mass
law of conservation of matter | a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system |
| matter | written works (especially in books or magazines), he always took some reading matter with him on the plane |
text
textual matter | the words of something written, there were more than a thousand words of text, they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech, he wants to reconstruct the original text |
| copy written matter | matter to be printed, exclusive of graphical materials |
front matter
prelims | written matter preceding the main text of a book |
back matter
end matter | written matter following the main text of a book |
message
content
subject matter
substance | what a communication that is about something is about |
crux
crux of the matter | the most important point |
question of fact
matter of fact | a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide |
question of law
matter of law | a disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decide |
artwork
art
graphics nontextual matter | photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication, the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book |
picture
pictorial matter | illustrations used to decorate or explain a text, the dictionary had many pictures |
tabulation
tabular matter | information set out in tabular form |
foregone conclusion
matter of course | an inevitable ending |
| expense | a detriment or sacrifice, at the expense of |
expense
disbursal
disbursement | amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) |
business expense
trade expense | ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in a taxpayer's business or trade |
| interest expense | interest paid on loans |
| lobbying expense | expenses incurred in promoting or evaluating legislation, many lobbying expenses are deductible by a taxpayer |
| medical expense | amount spent for diagnosis or treatment or prevention of medical problems |
| nonash expense | an expense (such as depreciation) that is not paid for in cash |
| moving expense | the cost of moving your residence from one location to another |
operating expense
operating cost
overhead
budget items | the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance), it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes |
| organization expense | the cost (over a period of five years) of organizing a new corporation or partnership |
| personal expense | the cost of personal or family living, some personal expenses are tax deductible |
| promotional expense | the cost of promoting a product |
| expense | money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer, he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting |
incidental expense
incidental
minor expense | (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified, he requested reimbursement of $ for incidental expenses |
| travel expense | (frequently plural) expenses incurred by an employee in the performance of the job and usually reimbursed by the employer |
| expense record | a written record of money spent |
expense account
travel and entertainment account | an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses |
state of matter
state | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container), the solid state of water is called ice |
| dark matter | (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make uppercent of the universe, it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force |
particulate
particulate matter | a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) |
fecal matter
faecal matter
feces
faeces
BM
stool
ordure
dejection a | solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels |
waste
waste material
waste matter
waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted, they collect the waste once a week, much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers |
| vegetable matter | matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant |
expense
write off
write down | reduce the estimated value of something, For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer |
count
matter
weigh | have weight, have import, carry weight, It does not matter much |
matter to
interest | be of importance or consequence, This matters to me! |
| matter-of-course | expected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome |
matter-of-fact
pragmatic
pragmatical | concerned with practical matters, a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem, a matter-of-fact account of the trip |