#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"
supertype: #indicator.signal a signal for attracting attention
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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