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money /ˈmʌni /noun [mass noun]1A 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 he borrowed money to modernize the shop...- We can borrow money from the European pool of savings at no incremental cost to ourselves.
- Use a debit card such as Laser which allows you to draw from money in your current account.
- Councillors feel it would not be an appropriate use of council tax payers' money.
Synonyms cash, hard cash, ready money; the means, the wherewithal, funds, capital, finances, (filthy) lucre; banknotes, notes, paper money, coins, change, coin, coinage, silver, copper, currency, legal tender; British sterling; North American bills; North American & Australian roll informal dough, bread, loot, the ready, readies, shekels, moolah, the necessary, wad, boodle, dibs, gelt, ducats, rhino, gravy, scratch, stuff, oof, folding money British informal dosh, brass, lolly, spondulicks, wonga, ackers North American informal dinero, greenbacks, simoleons, bucks, jack, mazuma Australian/New Zealand informal Oscar informal, dated splosh, green, tin British dated l.s.d. North American informal, dated kale, rocks, shinplasters formal specie archaic pelf 1.1 ( moneys or monies) formal Sums of money: a statement of all moneys paid into and out of the account...- I am not for turning all Social Security moneys over to the private sector.
- A blend of user fees, grants and existing moneys should be used to fund this development.
- They could be moved back with the assistance of a fund comprised of moneys deducted from U.S. loan guarantees.
1.2The assets, property, and resources owned by someone or something; wealth: the college is very short of money...- Gardaí suspect the sisters do not have any money or wealth, apart from their homes.
- In any event, he apparently did not bring any money or assets to this relationship.
- You need neither money nor resources; you simply need time and space to practise.
Synonyms wealth, riches, fortune, affluence, assets, liquid assets, resources, substance, means, deep pockets, prosperity 1.3Financial gain: the main aim of a commercial organization is to make money...- York would have more nightclubs if someone could make money out of them.
- We have a responsibility to our shareholders that we have to make money out of what they have put in.
- I'm asking if you think it's right that one company should be able to make money out of it?
1.4Payment for work; wages: she accepted the job at the bank since the money was better...- Up to 170,000 homeworkers could get more money under new minimum wage regulations.
- I pay tax on my money, my taxed income is paid to the nanny and then I pay tax for the nanny on top.
- If his or her next story was any good, the author had the option to go where the money is.
Synonyms pay, salary, wages, remuneration, fee, stipend rare emolument Phrases be in the money for my money money for old rope (or money for jam) (the love of) money is the root of all evil money talks one's money's worth on the money put money (or put one's money) on put one's money where one's mouth is see the colour of someone's money throw one's money about/around throw money at Derivatives moneyless /ˈmʌnɪləs / adjective ...- ‘I, like the vast majority of mankind, am powerless, voiceless and moneyless,’ he told the leader.
- My stance on this may leave me moneyless, but at least I'll have my dignity.
- The whole concept revolves around a moneyless society, with administrative decisions made based on scientific fact rather than lobbyists and special interest groups.
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. In ancient Rome money was coined in a temple to the goddess Juno, where she was identified with a pre-Roman goddess called Moneta and known as Juno Moneta. Latin moneta has come down to English as money, and also as mint. Money is the root of all evil comes from the biblical Book of Timothy, where it is stated more carefully that ‘the love of money is the root of all evil’. People down the ages have agreed that money can't buy happiness, though this exact form appeared only in the 19th century. In 1964 the Beatles sang that ‘Money can't buy me love’. In Britain money gained with little effort is money for jam or money for old rope (see rope). These expressions, dating back to the early 20th century, probably originated in military slang. In 1919 The Athenaeum stated that money for jam came from the ‘great use of jam in the Army’. See also colour, load, muck
Rhymes bunny, dunny, funny, gunny, honey, runny, sonny, sunny, tunny |