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dissipation collapse: breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist"

lavishness collapse: the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive

torch collapse: a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance; burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"

checking account collapse: a bank account against which the depositor can drawn checks payable on demand

shrimp collapse: small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible; fish for shrimp

parsimony collapse: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

largess collapse: a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously

profusion collapse: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"

purser collapse: an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare

shirr collapse: bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the eggs"

nest egg collapse: device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it

whale collapse: any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head; hunt for whales

treasure collapse: a collection of precious things; "the trunk held all her meager treasures"; any possession that is highly valued by its owner; "the children returned from the seashore with their shells and other treasures"; accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.; "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies"

carefulness collapse: the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work"

affluence collapse: abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"

upstage collapse: the rear part of the stage; of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"; at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"; steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"; move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience; treat snobbishly, put in one's place

avarice collapse: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); extreme greed for material wealth

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