in reduced circumstances



badly off, distressed, embarrassed, hard up, impecunious, narrow, needy, out of pocket, pinched, poor, reduced, short, squeezed, straitened, strapped ,

   formally - earnestly, gravely, grimly, seriously, soberly, solemnly ,

   merchandising - agency, barter, bartering, brokerage, buying and selling, consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, dealing, direct-mail selling, doing business, exchange, give-and-take, hard sell, hawking,

   dickey - ass, corsage, donkey, hazardous, insecure, jack, jackass, jenny, linen, shaky, shift, shirt, unstable, unsure, vacillate,

   negotiation - audience, bargaining, bargaining session, business deal, chaffer, chaffering, collective bargaining, coming to terms, commercial transaction, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress,

   hegemony - Lordship, acme, archbishopric, aristocracy, authority, authorization, bishopric, blue ribbon, championship, chancellery, command, consulate, control, deanery, dictatorship,

   unromantic - arid, authentic, barren, candid, card-carrying, common, commonplace, down-to-earth, dry, dull, earthbound, earthy, flat, following the letter, genuine,

   understood - accepted, accounted as, acknowledged, admitted, agreed, alleged, appreciated, apprehended, arranged, ascertained, assumed, assumptive, comprehended, conceded, conceived,

   live coal - brand, cinder, coal, ember, firebrand ,

   licensed pilot - astronaut, captain, cloud seeder, flier, flyer, instructor, pilot, rain-maker, stunt man, test pilot ,

   retaking - ransom, recapture, reclamation, recoup, recovery, recuperation, redemption, repossession, restoration, resumption, retake, retrieval, revival, salvage ,