| annuity |
a regular annual income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. [1/2 definitions] |
| arrears |
a debt that is late in being paid. [1/2 definitions] |
| blood money |
a fee paid to a hired assassin. [2/3 definitions] |
| bonus |
a share of profits paid to stockholders of a company. [1/3 definitions] |
| brokerage |
the money or commission paid to a broker. [1/2 definitions] |
| collect on delivery |
of or denoting a shipment of goods that is to be paid for upon delivery; c.o.d. [1/2 definitions] |
| commission merchant |
one who is paid a commission to buy or sell goods for others. |
| compound interest |
interest earned or paid on both the original principal and the accrued unpaid interest. (Cf. simple interest.) |
| conscience money |
money paid, sometimes anonymously, by one who hopes to atone for previous wrongdoing, in order to relieve the conscience. |
| contraband |
during the American Civil War, a slave under the Confederacy who fled to or was taken into territory occupied by Union forces. Such fugitive slaves were, in a sense, free, in that they were not returned by the Union to Confederate slave owners. Instead, however, they were declared captured enemy war materials, or "contraband of war." Thousands of contrabands worked as paid, though exploited, laborers for the Union. [1/5 definitions] |
| coolie |
a low-paid, unskilled worker, esp. in or from China or India (used as a term of disrespect). |
| damage |
(pl.) in law, money claimed or paid as compensation for injury or loss. [1/4 definitions] |
| day laborer |
a worker, esp. an unskilled one, who is paid by the day. |
| daywork |
work that is completed and paid for on a daily basis, such as the work of a housecleaner. |
| debenture |
a certificate issued by a custom house authorizing the refund of tariffs paid on imported goods that are re-exported. [1/2 definitions] |
| deductible |
an insurance policy containing a stipulation that the insurer will pay only amounts remaining after a given amount is paid by the insured party. [2/5 definitions] |
| delinquent |
not paid on time, as an account, tax, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| demurrage |
the compensation paid to the carrier as a result of such a delay. [1/2 definitions] |
| disbursement |
money paid out; expenditure. [1/2 definitions] |
| discount |
to find the present value of (a sum to be paid or collected in the future). [1/12 definitions] |
| dividend |
a pro-rata share of a company's distributed earnings paid to stockholders or insurance policyholders. [2/4 definitions] |