Do You Have Two Nickels to Rub Together Or a Pot to Pee In?

Radko C. (United States of America)
Are you a penny-pincher or a big spender?
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  1. alms
    money or goods contributed to the poor
  2. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  3. assets
    anything of material value owned by a person or company
  4. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  5. bankrupt
    financially ruined
  6. chattel
    personal property, as opposed to real estate
  7. currency
    the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
  8. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
  9. domicile
    housing that someone is living in
  10. dough
    informal term for money
  11. gainful
    providing money; profitable
  12. greedy
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  13. hermit
    one retired from society for religious reasons
  14. hovel
    small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  15. hut
    small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  16. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  17. indebted
    owing gratitude to another for help or favors
  18. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
  19. insolvent
    unable to meet or discharge financial obligations
  20. landlord
    a property owner who leases property or housing to others
  21. lucrative
    producing a sizeable profit
  22. lucre
    informal term for money
  23. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  24. miser
    a stingy hoarder of money and possessions
  25. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  26. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  27. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  28. pauper
    a person who is very poor
  29. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  30. peon
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  31. possession
    anything owned
  32. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  33. profitable
    yielding material gain
  34. property
    something owned
  35. recluse
    one who lives in solitude
  36. remuneration
    paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses
  37. selfish
    concerned chiefly with your own advantage
  38. shack
    small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  39. shareholder
    someone who owns stock in a corporation
  40. spendthrift
    someone who spends money freely or wastefully
  41. stingy
    unwilling to spend
  42. tightwad
    a miserly person
  43. troglodyte
    one who lives in solitude
  44. villa
    a luxurious country residence with extensive grounds
Created on Sat Oct 10 18:00:11 EDT 2015 (updated Wed Feb 10 16:22:49 EST 2016)

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