#indicator.signal  a signal for attracting attention
  supertype:  signal__sign__signaling  any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"
  subtype:  reference_point__referencepoint__point_of_reference__reference  an indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"
     subtype:  bench_mark__benchmark__benchmark  a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
     subtype:  landmark.reference_point  a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
        subtype:  merestone__meerestone__mearstone  an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab
     subtype:  lubber's_line__lubber_line__lubber's_mark__lubber's_point  a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading
     subtype:  touchstone__standard__criterion__measure  a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"
        subtype:  benchmark  a standard by which something can be measured or judged; "his painting sets the benchmark of quality"
        subtype:  yardstick  a measure or standard used for comparison: "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
        subtype:  medium_of_exchange__monetary_system  anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region
           subtype:  legal_tender__legaltender__tender  something used as an official medium of payment
              subtype:  food_stamp  government-issued stamps used in exchange for food
           subtype:  money.medium_of_exchange  the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
              subtype:  appropriation.money  money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
                 subtype:  pork_barrel__pork  a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
              subtype:  monetary_fund__fund  a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
                 subtype:  revolving_fund__revolvingfund  a fund which, if borrowed or used, is intended to be replenished so it may be loaned or spent repeatedly
                 subtype:  sinking_fund__sinkingfund  a fund accumulated regularly in a separate account and used to redeem debt securities
                 subtype:  savings__nest_egg  a fund of money put by as a reserve
                 subtype:  pension_fund.monetary_fund__pensionfund  a fund reserved to pay workers' pensions
                 subtype:  war_chest__warchest  a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political campaign)
                 subtype:  slush_fund__slushfund  a fund for buying votes or bribing public officials
                 subtype:  trust_fund__trustfund  a fund held in trust
                 subtype:  bank_deposit__deposit  money deposited in a bank
                    subtype:  demand_deposit  a bank deposit from which withdrawals can be made without notice
                 subtype:  budget  a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose; "the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year"
                    subtype:  operating_budget__operatingbudget  a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements
                 subtype:  petty_cash__pettycash  a small fund of cash that a firm keeps for the payment of incidental expenses
              subtype:  shekels__gelt__dough__bread__dinero__lucre__loot__pelf__moolah__cabbage__kale  informal terms for money
              subtype:  shinplaster.money  paper money of little value issued on insufficient security
              subtype:  token_money__tokenmoney  coins of regular issue whose face value is greater than their intrinsic value
           subtype:  currency  the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
              subtype:  money.currency  the official currency issued by a government or national bank; "he changed his money into francs"
              subtype:  hard_cash__cash__hard_currency  money in the form of bills or coins
                 subtype:  cash_change__change  money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency; "he got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver"
                 subtype:  cash_balance__change  the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due; "I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change"
                 subtype:  small_change__smallchange__chickenfeed  a trifling sum of money
                 subtype:  pocket_money__pin_money__pinmoney__spending_money  cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses
                 subtype:  ready_cash__readycash__ready_money__readymoney  money in the form of cash that is quickly available; "his wife was always a good source of ready cash"
              subtype:  paper_money__papermoney__folding_money__foldingmoney__paper_currency__papercurrency  currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie
                 subtype:  fractional_currency  paper currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit
                 subtype:  fiat_money  money that the government declares to be legal tender although it cannot be converted into standard specie
                 subtype:  banker's_bill__bill__note__government_note__bank_bill__bank_note__banknote__Federal_Reserve_note__greenback  a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
                    subtype:  silver_certificate  formerly a bank note issued by the US Treasury and redeemable in silver
                    subtype:  hundred_dollar_bill__c-note__cnote  a US bill worth 100 dollars
                    subtype:  fiver__five-spot__five-dollar_bill  a US bill worth 5 dollars
                    subtype:  two_dollar_bill  a US bill worth 2 dollars
                    subtype:  twenty_dollar_bill  a US bill worth 20 dollars
                    subtype:  one_dollar_bill__dollar__dollar_bill__buck__clam  (United States) a piece of paper money worth one dollar
              subtype:  specie__coinage__mintage__metal_money__metalmoney  coins collectively
                 subtype:  coin  a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
                    subtype:  change.coin  coins of small denomination regarded collectively; "he had a pocketful of change"
                    subtype:  bawbee  an old Scottish coin of little value
                    subtype:  bezant__bezzant__solidus  a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
                    subtype:  ducat  formerly a gold coin of various European countries
                    subtype:  real  an old small silver Spanish coin
                    subtype:  piece_of_eight  an old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales
                    subtype:  shilling  an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
                    subtype:  crown.coin  an English coin worth 5 shillings
                    subtype:  half_crown  an English coin worth half a crown
                    subtype:  dime  a US coin worth one tenth of a dollar
                    subtype:  nickel  a US coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
                    subtype:  quarter.coin  a US coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
                    subtype:  half_dollar__fifty-cent_piece  a US coin worth half of a dollar
                    subtype:  halfpenny__ha'penny  an English coin worth half a penny
                    subtype:  penny.coin__cent__centime  a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
                       subtype:  copper.penny  a copper penny
                       subtype:  new_penny__newpenny  a coin used in Great Britain since 1971 worth one hundredth of a pound
                    subtype:  tenpence  (Brit) UK decimal coin worth ten pennies
                    subtype:  twopence__tuppence  a former UK silver coin; UK bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
                    subtype:  threepence  (Brit) former cupronickel coin of UK equal to three pennies
                    subtype:  fourpence__groat  a former English silver coin worth four pennies
                    subtype:  fivepence  a five-cent piece
                    subtype:  sixpence__tanner  a small British coin worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
                    subtype:  eightpence  a coin worth eight pennies
                    subtype:  ninepence  a coin worth nine pennies
                    subtype:  dollar.coin  a US coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States"
                       subtype:  Susan_B_Anthony_dollar  a US coin worth one dollar
                       subtype:  silver_dollar__cartwheel  a dollar made of silver
                    subtype:  eagle.coin  a former gold coin in US worth 10 dollars
                    subtype:  half_eagle  a former gold coin in US worth 5 dollars
                    subtype:  guinea  a former British gold coin worth 21 chillings
                    subtype:  farthing  a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
                    subtype:  doubloon  a former Spanish gold coin
                    subtype:  louis_d'or__louisd'or  a former French gold coin
                    subtype:  medallion.coin  any of various large ancient Greek coins
                    subtype:  stater.coin  any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
                    subtype:  sou  a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money; "he hasn't a sou to his name"
           subtype:  peag__wampum  small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans
              subtype:  wampumpeag  used as currency in Massachusetts
        subtype:  scale_of_measurement__scale__graduated_table__graduatedtable__ordered_series  an ordered reference standard: "judging on a scale of 1 to 10"
           subtype:  Beaufort_scale__wind_scale  an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)
           subtype:  index  a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
              subtype:  margin_of_safety__safety_margin__margin_of_error  an index indicating the amount beyond the minimum necessary; "in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress"
           subtype:  logarithmic_scale__logarithmicscale  scale on which actual distances from the origin are proportional to the logarithms of the corresponding scale numbers
           subtype:  Mercalli_scale  a scale of earthquake intensity; an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XII
           subtype:  Mohs_scale  a scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance
           subtype:  Richter_scale  a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 used to express the energy released by an earthquake
           subtype:  temperature_scale__temperaturescale  a system of measuring temperature
              subtype:  Celsius_scale__international_scale__internationalscale__centigrade_scale  a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees
              subtype:  Fahrenheit_scale  a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees
              subtype:  Kelvin_scale__absolute_scale  a temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees; water freezes at 273.16 degrees and boils at 373.16 degrees
              subtype:  Rankine_scale  a scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees; the freezing point of water is 491.69 degrees and the boiling point of water is 671.69 degrees
              subtype:  Reaumur_scale  a temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 80 degrees
           subtype:  wage_scale__wage_schedule  a schedule of wages paid for different jobs
              subtype:  sliding_scale__slidingscale  a wage scale that fluctuates in response to the cost-of-living index
        subtype:  standard_of_measurement  accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
        subtype:  baseline  an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; "the established a baseline for the budget"
        subtype:  norm  a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical: "the current middle-class norm of two children per family"
     subtype:  target__mark  a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark"
        subtype:  clout  a target used in archery
        subtype:  drogue  a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane
     subtype:  white_line__whiteline  a white stripe in the middle of a road to mark traffic lanes
     subtype:  buoy  bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
        subtype:  acoustic_buoy  a buoy that can be heard (at night)
           subtype:  bell_buoy__gong_buoy  a buoy with a bell on it
           subtype:  whistle_buoy__whistlebuoy__whistlingbuoy  a buoy that makes a whistling noise
        subtype:  can_buoy__canbuoy__can  a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
        subtype:  conical_buoy__conicalbuoy__nun__nunbuoy  a buoy resembling a cone
        subtype:  spar_buoy  a buoy resembling a vertical log

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