Definition of mazuma

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ma·zu·ma    (m-zm) KEY 

NOUN:
Slang

Money; cash.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Yiddish mazume, mezumen, cash, from Medieval Hebrew mzummn, fixed currency, from Mishnaic Hebrew, fixed, passive participle of zimmn, to arrange, invite, from Hebrew zmn, appointed time, from Aramaic zmn, zman, from Akkadian simnu, season, time, from wasmu, asmu, to be fitting; see wsm in Semitic roots