money

mon·ey  (mn)

n. pl. mon·eys or mon·ies

1. A medium that can be exchanged for goods and services and is used as a measure of their values on the market, including among its forms a commodity such as gold, an officially issued coin or note, or a deposit in a checking account or other readily liquifiable account.

2. The official currency, coins, and negotiable paper notes issued by a government.

3. Assets and property considered in terms of monetary value; wealth.

4.

a. Pecuniary profit or loss: He made money on the sale of his properties.

b. One's salary; pay: It was a terrible job, but the money was good.

5. An amount of cash or credit: raised the money for the new playground.

6. Sums of money, especially of a specified nature. Often used in the plural: state tax moneys; monies set aside for research and development.

7. A wealthy person, family, or group: to come from old money; to marry into money.

Idioms:

for (one's) money

According to one's opinion, choice, or preference: For my money, it's not worth the trouble.

in the money

1. Slang Rich; affluent.

2. Sports & Games Taking first, second, or third place in a contest on which a bet has been placed, such as a horserace.

on the money

Exact; precise.

put money on Sports & Games

To place a bet on.

put (one's) money where (one's) mouth is Slang

To live up to one's words; act according to one's own advice.

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[Middle English moneie, from Old French, from Latin monta, mint, coinage, from Monta, epithet of Juno, temple of Juno of Rome where money was coined.]

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money

Noun

1. a means of payment and measure of value: some cultures used to use shells as money

2. the official currency, in the form of banknotes or coins, issued by a government

3. moneys or monies Law old-fashioned a financial sum or income

4. an unspecified amount of wealth: money to lend

5. Informal a rich person or rich people: he married money

6. for my money in my opinion

7. one's money's worth full value for the money one has paid for something

8. put money on to place a bet on Related adjective pecuniary [Latin moneta]

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Money

See also dues and payment; economics; finance; poverty; trade.

agiotage

the business of buying and selling the curreneies of various countries by taking advantage of differences in rates of exchange. — agio, n.

anatocism

the act of lending with interest.

aphnology

Rare. the science of wealth.

arbitrage

the business of buying and selling securities, curreneies, and commodities on an international scale so as to take advantage of differences in rates of exchange and prices. — arbitrager, arbitrageur, n.

bimetallism

the use of two metals jointly as a monetary Standard with fixed values in relation to one another. — bimetallist, n. — bimetallistic, adj.

bullionism

the doctrine that paper money should at all times be convertible into bullion. — bullionist, n.

cambism, cambistry

the theory and practice of money exchange as an item of commerce, especially in its international features. — cambist, n.

chrematist

a person whose chief goal in life is the gaining of wealth. — chrematistic, adj.

chrematistics

1. the study of wealth.
2. any theory of wealth as measured in money. — chrematistic, adj.

chrematomania

a mania for money.

chrematophobia

an abnormal fear or dislike of money.

cresomania

a mania for great wealth.

gombeenism

Irish. the lending of money at usurious interest. — gombeen, gombeenman, n.

mammonism

the greedy pursuit of riches.

metallism

a doctrine advocating the use of metal money instead of paper. — metallist, metalist, n.

monetarism

an economie theory maintaining that stability and growth in the economy are dependent on a steady growth rate in the supply of money. — monetarist, n., adj.

moneyocracy

government or domination of society by the rich.

monometallism

1. the use of only one metal, usually gold or silver, as a monetary Standard.
2. the use of only one metal for coinage. — monometallist, n.

nabobism

the lifestyle of a nabob, i.e., of one possessing considerable wealth.

plutolatry

an excessive devotion to wealth.

plutology

Economics. the scientific study or theory of wealth.

plutomania

1. an abnormal craving for wealth.
2. a mania characterized by delusions of wealth.

polymetallism

the use of a number of different metals in coinage.

squandermania

a mania for spending money.

symmetalism

a system of coinage based on a unit of two or more metals in combination, each of a specified weight. — symmetallic, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us" appropriation - money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose money supply - the total stock of money in the economy; currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks fund, monetary fund - a reserve of money set aside for some purpose medium of exchange, monetary system - anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region boodle, clams, dinero, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, wampum, loot, dough, bread, cabbage, sugar, scratch - informal terms for money shinplaster - paper money of little value issued on insufficient security subsidisation, subsidization - money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy token money - coins of regular issue whose face value is greater than their intrinsic value
	2.	money - wealth reckoned in terms of money; "all his money is in real estate" wealth - property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value big bucks, big money, megabucks, pile, bundle - a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house"
	3.	money - the official currency issued by a government or national bank; "he changed his money into francs" sterling - British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK currency - the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used

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money

noun cash, funds, capital, currency, hard cash, green (slang) readies (informal) riches, necessary (informal) silver, bread (slang) coin, tin (slang) brass Northern English (dialect) loot (informal) dough (slang) the ready (informal) banknotes, dosh Brit., Austral. (slang) lolly Brit. (slang) the wherewithal, legal tender, megabucks U.S., Canad. (slang) needful (informal) specie, shekels (informal) dibs (slang) filthy lucre (facetious) moolah (slang) ackers (slang) gelt (slang), chiefly U.S. spondulicks (slang) pelf (contemptuous) mazuma (slang), chiefly U.S. kembla Austral. (slang) >> in the money (Informal) rich, wealthy, prosperous, affluent, rolling (slang) loaded (slang) flush (informal) well-off, well-heeled (informal) well-to-do, on Easy Street (informal) in clover (informal) >> adjective pecuniary see see, currencies

Translations

money [ˈmʌnɪ] n → dinero, plata (LAM);

to make money → ganar dinero;

I've got no money left → no me queda dinero

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money [ˈmʌnɪ] n → argent m;

to make money [person] → gagner de l'argent; [business] → rapporter;

I've got no money left → je n'ai plus d'argent, je n'ai plus un sou

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money [ˈmʌnɪ] n → Geld nt;

to make money (person) → Geld verdienen;

(business) → etwas einbringen;

danger money (Brit) → Gefahrenzulage f;

I've got no money left → ich habe kein Geld mehr

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money [ˈmʌnɪ] n → denaro, soldi mpl;

to make money [person] → fare (i) soldi; [business] → rendere;

danger money (BRIT) → indennità di rischio;

I've got no money left → non ho più neanche una lira