procuration†, procurement; purchase, descent, inheritance; gift &c 784.
recovery, retrieval, revendication†, replevin [Law], restitution &c
790; redemption, salvage, trover [Law].
find, trouvaille†, foundling.
gain, thrift; money-making, money grubbing; lucre, filthy lucre,
pelf; loaves and fishes, the main chance; emolument &c (remuneration)
973.
profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit; avails;
income &c (receipt) 810; proceeds, produce, product; outcome, output;
return, fruit, crop, harvest; second crop, aftermath; benefit &c (good)
618.
sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool; pot; wealth &c 803.
subreption [Fraudulent acquisition]; obreption†; stealing &c 791.
V. acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect &c
(assemble) 72; pick, pickup; glean.
find; come upon, pitch upon, light upon; scrape up, scrape
together; get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure;
derive, draw, get in the harvest.
profit; make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit; turn to
profit, turn to account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a
return, reap the fruits of; reap an advantage, gain an advantage; turn
a penny, turn an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the
mill; make money, coin money, raise money; raise funds, raise the wind;
fill one's pocket &c (wealth) 803.
treasure up &c (store) 636; realize, clear; produce &c 161; take
&c 789.
get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate†, replevy [Law],
redeem, come by one's own.
come by, come in for; receive &c 785; inherit; step into a
fortune, step into the shoes of; succeed to.
get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's
hand, get at; take possession, come into possession, enter into
possession.
be profitable &c adj.; pay, answer.
accrue &c (be received) 785.
Adj. acquiring, acquired &c v.; profitable, advantageous, gainful,
remunerative, paying, lucrative.
Phr. lucri causa [Lat.].