real moneyn.

Brit.

/ˌrɪəl ˈmʌni/, U.S.

/ˌri(ə)l ˈməni/

Forms: see real adj.², n.², and adv. and money n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: real adj.², money n.

Etymology: < real adj.² + money n.

1. Current coin or cash, or something functioning as a comparable medium of exchange (esp. as opposed to imaginary money, money of account, or payment in kind); spec. †= ready money n. (obsolete); an example of this. Cf. hard cash at hard adj. 7a.

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society > trade and finance > money > [noun] > ready money or cash

ready money1429

argent-contentc1540

bitec1555

present money1572

chink1580

cash1600

bit1607

real money1675

fob?c1680

Darby1682

ready1684

blunt1819

makeready1830

hardshells1840

ante1843

spot cash1855

call money1856

necessary1897

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > coins and notes > kind of money > current or legal

lawful1533

going1591

pass-gilt1657

real money1675

legal tender?1730

legal tender1740

1675 W. Cunningham Diary (1887) 6 Having before given her 200 merks, with 50 bolls meall and bear, I then gave her 156 lb. 12s. 8d. of reall money.

1685 W. Petty Will p. v An estate of about 1300l. in ready and real money.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Penny The Dutch Penny, call'd Pening, is a real Money, worth about one fifth more than the French Penny Tournois.

1767 B. Franklin Legal Tender of Paper Money in Papers (1970) XIV. 34 Paper Bills called Bills of Credit or Paper Money have..in the Colonies long been substituted for real Money.

1793 tr. A. R. J. Turgot Refl. Formation & Distrib. Wealth §36. 38 (heading) For want of an exact correspondence between the value and the number or quantity, it is supplied by a mean valuation, which becomes a species of real money.

1849 J. H. Freese Commerc. Class-bk. 71 Real monies are coins of any kind of metal, made current by the authority of the state.

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. i. 18 The sight of real money in full amount, in answer to a challenge for the same till then deemed slightly hypothetical, had a great effect upon the spectators.

1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 34/1 (advt.) Mrs. W. L. Heald..is but one of hundreds of men and women who have found the way to turn spare time at home into real money with the wonderful Steber High Speed Family Knitter.

1974 W. Rees-Mogg Reigning Error 109 Gold is real money and paper is pretend money.

2004 Business Rev. Weekly 5 Feb. 56/2 Over the centuries, mankind has had different ideas of what represents real money, from archaic physical tokens to gold and silver.

2. colloquial. A significant amount of money.

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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum

pounda1225

ransom?a1300

fother14..

gob1542

mint1579

king's ransomc1590

abomination1604

coda1680

a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710

plunk1767

big money1824

pot1856

big one?1863

a small fortune1874

four figures1893

poultice1902

parcel1903

bundle1905

pretty1909

real money1918

stack1919

packet1922

heavy sugar1926

motza1936

big bucks1941

bomb1958

wedge1977

megadollars1980

squillion1986

bank1995

1918 R. W. Lardner Treat 'em Rough 120 I could go out and pitch baseball and make real money.

1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer i. iv. 46 I did some business this morning... Might make a lot of money. Real money.

1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin iii. 21 ‘Whom do you feel like?’ I liked that ‘whom’—you've got to pay real money these days to get a secretary that could say that.

1996 Internet World May 34/2 Add to that the more than $83 million that a new study by ActivMedia estimates that companies spent worldwide on Web site development, and you're talking real money.

3. colloquial. The coinage or currency in which one habitually reckons, frequently as opposed to foreign currency (see also quot. 1977: cf. old money n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > coins and notes > kind of money > in which one habitually reckons

real money1973

1973 L. Meynell Thirteen Trumpeters iv. 50 So I'm paying one thousand seven hundred and ten lire for my Pimms?.. What's it mean in real money?

1977 Vole No. 2. 17/2 Just before the demise of real money and the introduction of decimal coinage, the officials of Gloucester Shoveha'penny League invested £10 in old-style halfpennies.

1997 Stuff Feb.–Mar. 72/1 Admittedly, 20 Lenanese grand is only worth about a tenner in real money, but my fellow players at the table weren't pleased.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	real money
释义	real moneyn. Brit. /ˌrɪəl ˈmʌni/, U.S. /ˌri(ə)l ˈməni/ Forms: see real adj.², n.², and adv. and money n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: real adj.², money n. Etymology: < real adj.² + money n. 1. Current coin or cash, or something functioning as a comparable medium of exchange (esp. as opposed to imaginary money, money of account, or payment in kind); spec. †= ready money n. (obsolete); an example of this. Cf. hard cash at hard adj. 7a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > [noun] > ready money or cash ready money1429 argent-contentc1540 bitec1555 present money1572 chink1580 cash1600 bit1607 real money1675 fob?c1680 Darby1682 ready1684 blunt1819 makeready1830 hardshells1840 ante1843 spot cash1855 call money1856 necessary1897 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > coins and notes > kind of money > current or legal lawful1533 going1591 pass-gilt1657 real money1675 legal tender?1730 legal tender1740 1675 W. Cunningham Diary (1887) 6 Having before given her 200 merks, with 50 bolls meall and bear, I then gave her 156 lb. 12s. 8d. of reall money. 1685 W. Petty Will p. v An estate of about 1300l. in ready and real money. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Penny The Dutch Penny, call'd Pening, is a real Money, worth about one fifth more than the French Penny Tournois. 1767 B. Franklin Legal Tender of Paper Money in Papers (1970) XIV. 34 Paper Bills called Bills of Credit or Paper Money have..in the Colonies long been substituted for real Money. 1793 tr. A. R. J. Turgot Refl. Formation & Distrib. Wealth §36. 38 (heading) For want of an exact correspondence between the value and the number or quantity, it is supplied by a mean valuation, which becomes a species of real money. 1849 J. H. Freese Commerc. Class-bk. 71 Real monies are coins of any kind of metal, made current by the authority of the state. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. i. 18 The sight of real money in full amount, in answer to a challenge for the same till then deemed slightly hypothetical, had a great effect upon the spectators. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 34/1 (advt.) Mrs. W. L. Heald..is but one of hundreds of men and women who have found the way to turn spare time at home into real money with the wonderful Steber High Speed Family Knitter. 1974 W. Rees-Mogg Reigning Error 109 Gold is real money and paper is pretend money. 2004 Business Rev. Weekly 5 Feb. 56/2 Over the centuries, mankind has had different ideas of what represents real money, from archaic physical tokens to gold and silver. 2. colloquial. A significant amount of money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum pounda1225 ransom?a1300 fother14.. gob1542 mint1579 king's ransomc1590 abomination1604 coda1680 a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710 plunk1767 big money1824 pot1856 big one?1863 a small fortune1874 four figures1893 poultice1902 parcel1903 bundle1905 pretty1909 real money1918 stack1919 packet1922 heavy sugar1926 motza1936 big bucks1941 bomb1958 wedge1977 megadollars1980 squillion1986 bank1995 1918 R. W. Lardner Treat 'em Rough 120 I could go out and pitch baseball and make real money. 1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer i. iv. 46 I did some business this morning... Might make a lot of money. Real money. 1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin iii. 21 ‘Whom do you feel like?’ I liked that ‘whom’—you've got to pay real money these days to get a secretary that could say that. 1996 Internet World May 34/2 Add to that the more than $83 million that a new study by ActivMedia estimates that companies spent worldwide on Web site development, and you're talking real money. 3. colloquial. The coinage or currency in which one habitually reckons, frequently as opposed to foreign currency (see also quot. 1977: cf. old money n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > coins and notes > kind of money > in which one habitually reckons real money1973 1973 L. Meynell Thirteen Trumpeters iv. 50 So I'm paying one thousand seven hundred and ten lire for my Pimms?.. What's it mean in real money? 1977 Vole No. 2. 17/2 Just before the demise of real money and the introduction of decimal coinage, the officials of Gloucester Shoveha'penny League invested £10 in old-style halfpennies. 1997 Stuff Feb.–Mar. 72/1 Admittedly, 20 Lenanese grand is only worth about a tenner in real money, but my fellow players at the table weren't pleased. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1675
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