1. The Governors were not simply parsimonious: in truth they continued to be deeply concerned about the financial state of the School.

2. You can think of Accounting as a big machine that you put raw financial information into—records of all your business transactions, taxes, projections, etc.—that then spits out an easy to understand story about the financial state of your business.

3. Eternal dAmnation - the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell dAmnation state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" fire and brimstone - (Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners; "his sermons were full