FINANCE(S), FINANCIAL
ADJECTIVES
1752 — CHREMATISTIC pert. to finance or the science of wealth; engaged in the acquisition of wealth
..19C — ALL TO HELL financially ruined → sl.
1817 — STRONG-HANDED having substantial financial resources → US
.M19 — FAST in financial difficulties → sl.
1865 — TIGHT in financial difficulties, hard up; of money: scarce → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1881 — BUSTED financially ruined, bankrupt → US colloq.
1905 — TIGHTISH in financial straits, wanting money → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1909 — BUSTED-UP financially ruined, bankrupt → US colloq.
1917 — ON ONE’S ASS in financial or other ruin → US sl.
1918 — BROKE TO THE WORLD financially ruined, bankrupt; penniless
1926 — IN HOCK in financial difficulty → sl.
1926 — IN THE RED in financial difficulty
1998 — PAID financially stable if not wealthy → US sl.
ADVERBS
1825 — CRUMENICALLY ‘in relation to the purse’
1886 — IN QUEER STREET in financial trouble → sl.
1889 — ON THE ROCKS in financial trouble → colloq.
NOUNS
..L17 — ALTAMEL — ALTEMAL a financial summary or account produced without detail and demanded as a lump sum → sl.
1834 — BURSTING a financial break-down
1841 — MONEY-QUAKE a major financial crash
1914 — BLOW CARD financial embarrassment → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1920 — SHORT STREET an imaginary street where people in financial difficulty are supposed to reside
1929 — PIECE financial interest in a business, etc.
1929 — PIECE OF THE ACTION financial interest in a business, etc.
1947 — RAKE-IN the financial results of an enterprise → US sl.
1970 — THE TIGHTS a financially grim condition
1975 — MOUSE HOUSE a finance company → US sl.
1984 — MONEY PIT a major drain on financial resources, a waste of money; a house in need of expensive repairs or maintenance → colloq.
NOUNS, PERSON
1662 — MONEY-MAN a financier or backer; a financial expert
1822 — DOT-AND-CARRY-ONE a person involved in finance or financial calculations → obs.
..L19 — BROKER a person who is usually having financial problems; a poor person → sl., orig. Aust.
PHRASES
1825 — ONE’S BACK IS AT THE WALL one is in a state of financial embarrassment; one is in exile or in hiding → Sc.
..E19 — AT STAINES in financial difficulties
..E19 — AT THE BUSH in financial difficulties
1969 — THE ARSE DROPS OUT OF — THE ARSE FALLS OUT OF to fail dismally; said of a financial venture → Aust. sl.
VERBS
1793 — FEEL THE PINCH to feel the adverse effects of changed financial conditions → colloq.
..L18 — CATCH A COLD — CATCH COLD to lose out financially, possibly after purchasing a supposed ‘bargain’, which proves to be otherwise → sl.
..L19 — TAKE THE KNOCK to suffer financial losses, often in gambling → sl.
1910 — TAP to exhaust one’s finances → US sl.
1920 — HIT THE SKIDS to enter in a period of economic decline → sl., orig. US
1925 — FEEL THE DRAUGHT to feel the adverse effects of changed financial conditions → colloq.
1929 — ANGEL to finance → Amer. sl., esp. theatre usage
1930 — TAP OUT to come to the end of one’s finances → sl., orig. US
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