| gold rush | a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field |
black and gold garden spider
Argiope aurantia | a widely distributed North American garden spider |
gold-tail moth
Euproctis chrysorrhoea | white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft |
Acapulco gold
Mexican green | a particularly potent variety of marijuana |
braid
gold braid
braiding | trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains |
| gold foil | foil made of gold |
| gold leaf | a very thin form of gold foil |
| gold medal | a trophy made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition |
goldmine
gold mine | a mine where gold ore is found |
| goldmine gold mine | a good source of something that is desired |
| gold plate | a thin plating of gold on something |
| gold plate | tableware that is plated with gold |
amber
gold | a deep yellow color, an amber light illuminated the room, he admired the gold of her hair |
| old gold | a dark yellow |
| pace rate | the relative speed of progress or change, he lived at a fast pace, he works at a great rate, the pace of events accelerated |
| gold | something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc., the child was as good as gold, she has a heart of gold |
bargain rate
cheapness
cut rate
cut price | a price below the standard price |
| gold standard | a paragon of excellence, academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged |
boom bonanza
gold rush
gravy
godsend
manna from heaven
windfall
bunce | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money), the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line |
| gold fever | greed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush |
| Postal Rate Commission | an independent federal agency that recommends changes in postal rates |
| gold coast | a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living, usually along a coastal area, Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan |
Ghana
Republic of Ghana
Gold Coast | a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British |
goldbeater
gold-beater | an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf |
| gold digger | a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement |
gold miner
gold digger
gold panner | a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field |
goldsmith
goldworker
gold-worker | an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold |
gold of pleasure
Camelina sativa | annual European false flax having small white flowers, cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oilich seeds, widely naturalized in North America |
alpine gold
alpine hulsea
Hulsea algida | low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays, northwestern United States |
golden glow
double gold
hortensia Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia | very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads |
guinea gold vine
guinea flower | any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers |
gold fern
Pityrogramma chrysophylla | fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides |
pay rate
rate of pay | amount of money received per unit time, women's pay rate is lower than men's |
payment rate
rate of payment
repayment rate
installment rate | the amount of money paid out per unit time |
| tax rate | rate used to calculate tax liability |
interest rate
rate of interest | the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use |
discount rate
discount bank discount | interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan |
| bank rate | the discount rate fixed by a central bank |
| discount rate | the rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System |
| base rate | the interest rate set by the Bank of England for lending to other banks |
| prime interest rate | the interest rate on short-term loans that banks charge their commercial customers with high credit ratings |
rate
charge per unit | amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis, a -minute phone call at that rate would cost $ |
freight
freightage
freight rate | the charge for transporting something by common carrier, we pay the freight, the freight rate is usually cheaper |
rate of depreciation
depreciation rate | the rate at which the value of property is reduced, used to calculate tax deduction |
rate of exchange
exchange rate | the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another |
| excursion rate | a reduced rate for a round-trip ticket |
| room rate | the rate charged daily for a hotel room |
special drawing rights
paper gold | reserve assets in the International Monetary Fund, designed to supplement reserves of gold and convertible currencies used to maintain stability in the foreign exchange market |
| gold | great wealth, Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold--Ben Jonson |
| gold | coins made of gold |