circumstances

pl.n.

1. Condition in life

   material welfare, finances, outlook, prospects, chances, means, assets, prosperity, financial status, financial condition, resources, funds, worldly goods, affairs, concerns, status, standing, property, net worth, financial standing, credit rating, terms, estate, way of life, pecuniary standing, vicissitudes of fortune, rank, class, degree, capital, degree of wealth, position, command, financial responsibility, footing, income, sphere, substance, stock in trade, lot, prestige, what one is worth, place on the ladder, niche; see also state 2, wealth 1, 2.

2. Attendant conditions

   situation, environment, surroundings, facts, particulars, factors, features, matters, motives, controlling factors, qualifying factors, governing factors, the times, occasion, basis, grounds, setting, background, context, frame of reference, needs, requirements, necessities, exigencies, course of events, imposed terms, legal status, provisions, economic requirements, terms imposed, milieu, promptings, life, bearings, vicissitudes, change, fluctuation, phase, case, premise, conditions, governing agents, events, accompanying events, state of affairs, modifying features, surrounding facts, order of the day*, the whole picture, the score*, the scene*, the story*, where it's at*, how the land lies*, the lay of the land*, ins and outs*, ups and downs*.

under no circumstances

under the circumstances