purser
Vessel's money officer
A purser is the officer on a ship or aircraft responsible for keeping accounts and handling money, tickets, and passenger services.
On cruise ships, the purser's office functions like a hotel front desk.
On airlines, the purser is the senior flight attendant who supervises cabin crew: The purser announced we'd be landing shortly.
Manager for another
- captainOne who commands
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
- boatswainShip's deck petty officer
- cabin crewAircraft service personnel
helmsman · navigator · mate · coxswain · midshipman · radio officer · bosun · first officer
Maintaining financial records
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- payrollStaff wages collectively
- bookkeepingRecording financial transactions systematically
- ledgerFinancial record book
invoicing · auditing · cash handling · currency exchange · expenditure · revenue · accounts · funds
On a vessel
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- cruise shipPleasure voyage vessel
- linerInner protective covering
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
gangway · galley · deck · berth · stateroom · porthole · steerage · first class
Authority figure in uniform
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- trustConfidence in another
responsibility · custodian · fiduciary · safeguarding · delegation · valuables
Beginning a voyage
- disembarkationLeaving a vehicle formally
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- inventory controlOverseeing stored goods levels
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
manifests · complaint resolution · lost property · shore excursions · victualling
steward
Manager for another
- captainOne who commands
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
- boatswainShip's deck petty officer
cabin crew · helmsman · navigator · mate · coxswain · midshipman · radio officer · bosun · first officer · supercargo
accounting
Maintaining financial records
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- payrollStaff wages collectively
- bookkeepingRecording financial transactions systematically
ledger · invoicing · auditing · cash handling · currency exchange · expenditure · revenue · accounts · funds · treasury
shipboard
On a vessel
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- cruise shipPleasure voyage vessel
- linerInner protective covering
cabin · gangway · galley · deck · berth · stateroom · porthole · steerage · first class · voyage
officer
Authority figure in uniform
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
trust · responsibility · custodian · fiduciary · safeguarding · delegation · valuables
embarkation
Beginning a voyage
- disembarkationLeaving a vehicle formally
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- inventory controlOverseeing stored goods levels
documentation · manifests · complaint resolution · lost property · shore excursions · victualling
- airport workerspilot, flight attendant, baggage handler, gate agent, ticket agent
- aviation jobspilot, airline pilot, copilot, co-pilot, captain
- cabin crewflight attendant, cabin attendant, stewardess, air hostess, air steward
- maritime jobssailor, captain, first mate, seaman, fisherman
- ship crewsailor, seaman, crewman, deckhand, first mate
- ship jobssailor, captain, crew, deckhand, navigator
- public purseState's collective finances
- coin purseSmall pouch for coins
- purse stringsFinancial control mechanism
- change purseSmall bag for coins
- pursed lipsTightened, puckered mouth
- loosen the purse stringsBegin spending more liberally