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mon·ey
I. \ˈmənē, -ni\ noun
(plural moneys or monies)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English moneye, from Middle French moneie, from Latin moneta mint, coin, money — more at mint
1. : something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
< have used gold, copper, wampum, or cattle for money >
as
a. : officially coined or stamped metal currency
b. : money of account
< a coin worth less than a penny in our money >
c. : coinage or negotiable paper issued as legal tender by a recognized authority (as a government)
< took some money from her purse to pay him >
< storekeepers who would accept foreign money >
2.
a.
(1) : assets or compensation in the form of or readily convertible to cash : monetary possessions
< can lose or make a lot of money in that business >
< allowed to accept money for their services >
: pecuniary gain
< do the job for love or money >
: pay
< gets good money in that job >
(2) : property valued in terms of money
< died and left all his money to charity >
b. : an amount of money
< raised the money for the new dormitory >
< returned the money you lent him >
< spent all the food money before payday >
: price paid
< got his money's worth >
c. : capital dealt in as a commodity to be loaned or invested
< this year … mortgage money is much more plentiful >
< the money supply in the country today >
< money's cheap these days, particularly on the security we'd be able to offer — John Morrison >
d. monies or moneys plural : sums of money : funds
< the collection of tax monies >
< the servants brawled and stole the royal moneys — Life >
< taking interest for moneys lent — G.G.Coulton >
3.
a. : a particular form or denomination of coin or paper money — usually used in plural
< copying the patterns of the moneys … current at the time of the Roman evacuation — John Craig >
b. : a monetary value (as the silver dollar, pound sterling) taken as the basis of a system of monetary units
4.
a. : the group receiving prize money in a contest; specifically : the group finishing first, second, or third in a horse or dog race — used especially in the phrase in the money or out of the money
b. : prize money — usually used with first, second, or third
< his horse took third money >
5. : persons or interests possessing or controlling great wealth regarded as a group or class : moneyed people
< there's a lot of money in that town >
< politicians at the beck and call of money >
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- for money
- for one's money
- in the money
- money for jam
II. transitive verb
(moneyed ; moneyed ; moneying ; moneys)
1. : coin
2. : to convert into money by sale
3. : to supply with money
III. noun
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- on the money
IV. \ˈmənē, -ni\ adjective
: being, involving, or reliable in a crucial situation
< a money situation >
< a money player >
< his money pitch > |