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agreement; understanding
the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"

annuity; rente
income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity"

appraisal; assessment
the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

balance sheet
a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets

burden; load; encumbrance; incumbrance; onus
an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

business
a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"

calamity; catastrophe; disaster; tragedy; cataclysm
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

cash; hard cash; hard currency
money in the form of bills or coins; "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash"

catastrophe; disaster
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"

chance
a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"

charge
the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"

committee; commission
a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

company
an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"

contract
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

covenant; compact; concordat
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

date; day of the month
the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"

disaster
an act that has disastrous consequences

due
a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership); "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues"

duty
work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job"

duty; responsibility; obligation
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr

emolument
compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees); "a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes"

fee
a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services

fictional character; fictitious character; character
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"

firm; house; business firm
the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house"

frequency; frequence; oftenness
the number of occurrences within a given time period; "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"; "the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older"

gain
the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating

guess; guesswork; guessing; shot; dead reckoning
an estimate based on little or no information

hospital; infirmary
a health facility where patients receive treatment

human; homo; man; human being
any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

insolvency
the lack of financial resources

investor
someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns

levy
a charge imposed and collected

liability
the state of being legally obliged and responsible

limit; bound; boundary
the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"

limit; limitation
the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"

market; marketplace; market place
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace"

maturity; matureness
state of being mature; full development

menace; threat
something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"

obligation
the state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job"

payment
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

payment; defrayal; defrayment
the act of paying money

profit; net income; net; net profit; lucre; profits; earnings
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

property; belongings; holding
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";

real property; real estate; realty; immovable
property consisting of houses and land

risk; hazard; jeopardy; peril; endangerment
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

stake; stakes; bet; wager
the money risked on a gamble

treaty; pact; accord
a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

value
the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"

worth
the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful

worthiness
the quality or state of having merit or value

year; twelvemonth; yr
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"