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   Mon·ey

   /ˈmənē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively: "I counted the money before putting it in my wallet" Similar cashhard cashready moneythe meansthe wherewithalfundscapitalfinances(filthy) lucrebanknotesnotespaper moneycoinschangecoincoinagesilvercoppercurrencylegal tendersterlingbillsrollinformal:doughbreadlootshekelsmoolahthe necessarywadboodledibsgeltducatsrhinogravyscratchstuffooffolding moneydoshbrasslollyspondulickswongaackersthe readyreadiesdinerogreenbackssimoleonsbucksjackmazumaOscarinformal, dated:sploshgreentindated:l.s.d.informal, dated:kalerocksshinplastersformal:speciearchaic:pelf
   • ▪ sums of money: "a statement of all moneys paid into and out of the account"
   • ▪ the assets, property, and resources owned by someone or something; wealth: "the college is very short of money" Similar wealthrichesfortuneaffluenceassetsliquid assetsresourcessubstancemeansdeep pocketsprosperity
   • ▪ financial gain: "the main aim of a commercial organization is to make money"
   • ▪ payment for work; wages: "she accepted the job at the public school since the money was better" Similar paysalarywagesremunerationfeestipendrare:emolument
   • ▪ a wealthy person or group: "her aunt had married money"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French moneie, from Latin moneta ‘mint, money’, originally a title of the goddess Juno, in whose temple in Rome money was minted.

   Derivatives

   • 1. moneyless adjective

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