mon·ey
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n
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KEY
NOUN:
pl.
mon·eys
or
mon·ies
- 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.
- The official currency, coins, and negotiable paper notes issued by a government.
- Assets and property considered in terms of monetary value; wealth.
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- Pecuniary profit or loss:
He made money on the sale of his properties.
- One's salary; pay:
It was a terrible job, but the money was good.
- An amount of cash or credit:
raised the money for the new playground.
- Sums of money, especially of a specified nature. Often used in the plural:
state tax moneys; monies set aside for research and development.
- 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
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Slang
Rich; affluent.
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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.
ETYMOLOGY:
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
