money.
A generally accepted means of exchange.
Meaning & usage
A generally accepted means of exchange.
I cannot take money that I did not work for.
Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as money in Western Africa.
A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
money supply; money market
Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques, credit cards, or credit more generally.
You best have some money, cause there ain't no checks or credit here.
The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
Wealth.
He was born with money.
A person, family or class that possesses wealth.
He was born into money.
He married money.
An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
A person who funds an operation.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin Monēta Latin monēta Old French moneie Old French monoie Anglo-Norman muneiebor. Middle English moneye English money From Middle English moneye, moneie, money, borrowed from Anglo-Norman muneie (“money”), from Latin monēta (“money, a place for coining money, coin, mint”), from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome, where a mint was. In this sense, displaced native Old English feoh, whence English fee. Doublet of mint, ultimately from the same Latin word but through Germanic and Old English, and of manat, through Russian and Azerbaijani or Turkmen.
Cool; excellent.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin Monēta Latin monēta Old French moneie Old French monoie Anglo-Norman muneiebor. Middle English moneye English money From Middle English moneye, moneie, money, borrowed from Anglo-Norman muneie (“money”), from Latin monēta (“money, a place for coining money, coin, mint”), from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome, where a mint was. In this sense, displaced native Old English feoh, whence English fee. Doublet of mint, ultimately from the same Latin word but through Germanic and Old English, and of manat, through Russian and Azerbaijani or Turkmen.
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