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found money
found moneyMoney that one obtains unexpectedly, often with little personal effort. These generous birthday gifts are all found money, and I plan to spend it wisely. I didn’t expect Grandma to leave me so much money in her will—it's all found money, I suppose.See also: found, moneyfound moneymoney that has come to someone with such ease or surprise that one might have just as well found it by accident. The money he got from his uncle's estate is all found money except for the taxes. He did nothing to earn it.See also: found, moneyFound Money
Found Money1. Money that an individual or company possesses unawares. A mundane example of found money is $5 that one finds in the pocket of the jacket one had last worn several months ago. Banks maintain accounts with found money; for instance, an individual may have opened an account and forgotten it, or one may have inherited such an account from a relative. Likewise, governments keep tax refund checks that they are unable to deliver.
2. An informal term for money one does not earn. It may apply to an inheritance, for example. |