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Ferengi use a sort of piggy bank in the image of the Blessed Exchequer to pray and make offerings of latinum.
Where does that money go?
Do the Ferengi send it to some church somewhere or maybe they keep it (making the offering symbolic only)? I have a hard time thinking of Ferengi as charitable in any sense - though a powerful church-estate does seem 'on brand' for them.
According to the EU novel Star Trek: SCE - Caveat Emptor, diligent Ferengi pay donations to something called "the Prophets of the Divine Treasury", a priestly class who function something like a chantry order, speaking the praises of the donor to their god (for a very reasonable fee). It seems likely that bribes placed in the icon of the Blessed Exchequer would be reserved for this use.
A matching pair of latinum lobe buffers and fang sharpeners. A complete lifetime’s wardrobe of the finest Tholian silk (including underwear). An estate in the Colloid marshes. A brand-new, not reconditioned, trading schooner with its own captain’s yacht. A moon— maybe two.
Plus, of course, a substantial donation to the Prophets of the Divine Treasury— ensuring his name was recited in the Annual Tally so that he might be looked upon favorably by the Blessed Exchequer and the Celestial Auctioneers. Forg wasn’t usually so diligent in his spiritual devotions, but it never hurt to hedge your bets.
