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money (mun′ē)

noun pl. moneys -·eys or monies -·ies

    1. standard pieces of gold, silver, copper, nickel, etc., stamped by government authority and used as a medium of exchange and measure of value; coin or coins
      also called hard money
    2. any paper note issued by a government or an authorized bank and used in the same way; bank notes; bills
      also called paper money
  2. any substance or article used as money, as bank notes, checks, etc.
  3. any definite or indefinite sum of money
  4. property; possessions; wealth
  5. very wealthy persons or groups
  6. any form or denomination of legally current money
  7. money of account
  8. money won as a prize
  9. sums of money

Etymology: OFr moneie < L moneta, a mint

Related Forms:

money Idioms

for one's money

Informal for one's choice; in one's opinion

have money to burn

Informal to have more money than one needs, so that some can be spent foolishly

in the money

Slang
  1. among the winners, as in a contest, race, etc.
  2. prosperous; wealthy; successful

make money

to gain profits; become wealthy

one's money's worth

full value or benefit

on the money

Slang
exact; correct the prediction was right on the money

put money into

to invest money in

put money on

to bet on

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Alternate definitions:

business money definition - business

finance money definition - finance

idioms money idiom

law money definition - legal

money Synonyms

money

n.

  1. A medium of exchange

    gold, silver, cash, currency, check, bills, coin, coin of the realm, notes, coinage, specie, legal tender, Almighty Dollar*, beans*, gravy*, wampum*, shekels*, dough*, roll*, long green*, coins*, lucre*, folding money*, jack*, wad*, bucks*, ducats*, pesos*, dineros*, cabbage*, hard cash*, mazuma*, bread*. *

    Types of money in various countries include --- United States: dollar, cent; United Kingdom: pound, penny; Russian Federation: ruble, kopeck; Brazil: cruzado, centavo; Mexico: peso, centavo; France: franc, centime; Italy: lira, centismo; Spain: peseta, centimo; Germany: mark, pfennig; Austria: schilling, groschen; Greece: drachma, lepton; Saudi Arabia: riyal, halala; Iran: rial, dinar; Libya: dinat, dirham; Turkey: lira, kurus; India: rupee, paisa; South Africa: rand, cent; Nigeria: naira, kobo; China: yuan, fen; Japan: yen, sen; Indonesia: rupiah, sen; Australia: dollar, cent.

  2. Wealth

    funds, capital, property; see wealth 1, 2.

  3. Merged interests

    financiers, corporate interests, capitalists, capital, financial structure, vested interests, moneyed group; see also banking, business 4.

  4. Pay

    payment, salary, wages; see pay 2.

for one's money*

for one's choice, in one's opinion, to one's mind; see personally 2.

in the money*

wealthy, flush*, loaded*; see rich 1.

make money

gain profits, become wealthy, earn; see profit 2.

one's money's worth

full value, gain, benefit; see value 1, 3.

place (<strong><em>or</em> </strong>put) money on

risk, bet, wager; see gamble 1.

put money into

invest in, support, underwrite; see invest.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

money Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • raise: Charlie is busy trying to raise the money to buy a hop garden.

Preposition: down

  • drain: First of all, stop throwing your money down the drain!

Adjective modifier

  • enough: In reality the NHS has never spent enough money on ICT.

Modifies a noun

  • laundering: We know the arguments about money laundering, but this issue goes further than that.

Noun used with modifier

  • prise: Prize money will be fixed according to the number of entries.

Possessives

  • taxpayer: Just as we want to avoid wasting taxpayers ' precious money, so will we avoid wasting our precious land.

Preposition: for

  • charity: A newer tradition is the New Year's Day Parade which raises money for charity.
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money quotes

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

-Allen,Woody pseudonym of  Allen Stewart Konigsberg

Os guerreiros de ca¤   na‹  o buscam mavo¤  rticas damas para o enlace epitala"  mico; mas antes as preferem do¤  ceis e facilmente troca¤ v eis por pequeninas e vola¤  teis folhas de papel a que o vulgo chamara¤   dinheiroöo 'curriculum vitae'da Civiliza c° a‹  o. The warriors here do not seek out mettlesome women for epithalamic conjunction, but prefer them docile and willing to exchange with ease their favours for those small and deliquescent leaves of paper which the masses call moneyöthe curriculum vitae of Civilization.

-Andrade, Ma¤ r io de

Feoh byth frofur fira gehwylcum Sceal theah manna gehwylc miclun hyt d×lan. Money is a comfort to each man, But everyone should nevertheless give it away freely.

-Anonymous

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