Blood money () Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. |
Blood money () Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life |
Draw (v. t.) To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved |
Draw (v. t.) To influence to move or tend toward one's self |
Draw (v. t.) To cause to come out for one's use or benefit |
Draw (v. t.) To pull from a sheath, as a sword. |
Draw (v. t.) To extract |
Draw (v. t.) To obtain from some cause or origin |
Draw (v. t.) To take or procure from a place of deposit |
Draw (v. t.) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket |
Draw (v. t.) To select by the drawing of lots. |
Draw (v. t.) To remove the contents of |
Draw (v. t.) To drain by emptying |
Draw (v. t.) To extract the bowels of |
Draw (v. t.) To take into the lungs |
Draw (v. t.) To extend in length |
Draw (v. t.) To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface |
Draw (v. t.) To represent by lines drawn |
Draw (v. t.) To write in due form |
Draw (v. t.) To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating |
Draw (v. t.) To withdraw. |
Draw (v. t.) To trace by scent |
Draw (v. i.) To pull |
Draw (v. i.) To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well. |
Draw (v. i.) To exert an attractive force |
Draw (v. i.) To have efficiency as an epispastic |
Draw (v. i.) To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like |
Draw (v. i.) To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword. |
Draw (v. i.) To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation |
Draw (v. i.) To become contracted |
Draw (v. i.) To move |
Draw (v. i.) To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due |
Draw (v. i.) To admit the action of pulling or dragging |
Draw (v. i.) To sink in water |
Draw (n.) The act of drawing |
Draw (n.) A lot or chance to be drawn. |
Draw (n.) A drawn game or battle, etc. |
Draw (n.) That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside |
Draw-cut (n.) A single cut with a knife. |
Money (n.) A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government |
Money (n.) Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it |
Money (n.) In general, wealth |
Money (v. t.) To supply with money. |
Money-maker (n.) One who coins or prints money |
Money-maker (n.) One who accumulates money or wealth |
Money-making (n.) The act or process of making money |
Money-making (a.) Affording profitable returns |
Money-making (a.) Sussessful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim |
draw haul haulage | the act of drawing or hauling something, the haul up the hill went very slowly |
draw draw poker | poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer, he played only draw and stud |
draw draw play | (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage |
hook draw hooking | a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer, he took lessons to cure his hooking |
waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
money laundering | concealing the source of illegally gotten money |
money cowrie Cypraea moneta | cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa |
cashbox money box till | a strongbox for holding cash |
draw | a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack, he got a pair of kings in the draw |
draw lot | anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random, the luck of the draw, they drew lots for it |
money belt | belt with a concealed section for holding money |
savings bank coin bank money box bank | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home, the coin bank was empty |
moneymaker money-spinner cash cow | a project that generates a continuous flow of money |
draw standoff tie | the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided, the game ended in a draw, their record was wins, losses and a tie |
money market | a market for short-term debt instruments |
smart money | people who are highly experienced or who have inside information, the smart money said Truman would lose the election |
draw | a gully that is shallower than a ravine |
money handler money dealer | a person who receives or invests or pays out money |
drawing card draw attraction attractor attracter | an entertainer who attracts large audiences, he was the biggest drawing card they had |
exchanger money changer | one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country |
honesty silver dollar money plant satin flower satinpod Lunaria annua | southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration |
money | wealth reckoned in terms of money, all his money is in real estate |
pile bundle big bucks megabucks big money | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit), she made a bundle selling real estate, they sank megabucks into their new house |
easy money gravy train | income obtained with a minimum of effort |
easy money | the economic condition in which credit is easy to secure |
tight money | the economic condition in which credit is difficult to secure and interest rates are high |
loot booty pillage plunder prize swag dirty money | goods or money obtained illegally |
prize money | any money given as a prize |
hearth money Peter's pence | an annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see |
soft money | political contributions made in such a way as to avoid the United States regulations for federal election campaigns (as by contributions to a political action committee) |
blood money | paid to a hired murderer |
conscience money | payment made voluntarily to reduce guilt over dishonest dealings |
ransom ransom money | money demanded for the return of a captured person |
blood money | a reward for information about a murderer |
hush money | a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret |
blood money | compensation paid to the family of a murdered person |
punitive damages exemplary damages smart money | (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) |
ship money | an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense |
entrance fee admission admission charge admission fee admission price price of admission entrance money | the fee charged for admission |
sum sum of money amount amount of money | a quantity of money, he borrowed a large sum, the amount he had in cash was insufficient |
smart money | money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information) |
earnest money arles | money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract |
seed money | capital needed to set up a new business or enterprise |
money supply | the total stock of money in the economy, currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks |
cheap money | credit available at low rates of interest |
money order postal order | a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual, obtainable and payable at a post office |
money | the most common medium of exchange, functions as legal tender, we tried to collect the money he owed us |
money | the official currency issued by a government or national bank, he changed his money into francs |
token money | coins of regular issue whose face value is greater than their intrinsic value |
paper money folding money paper currency | currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie |