See Also: Tight money or dear money(finance)
On the money(finance)
Money(money)
big money(dictionary)
Near Money(money)
New Money(money)
e-money(dictionary)
On the money(money)
mad money(dictionary)
Pin Money(money)

money(1) (iou)



money noun. Pl. moneys, monies. ME.
[Old French moneie (mod. monnaie change) from Latin moneta mint (in Rome), money, orig. epithet of Juno, in whose temple the mint was housed.]
A current medium of exchange in the form of coins and (in mod. use) banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively. ME.
Bible (AV): 1 Kings 21:2 I will give thee the worth of it in money. J. Rule Ann watched her counting out her money. E. Caldwell Opening the purse, he..dropped the money into it.
b. Any objects or material serving the same purposes as coin. LME.
c. One of the four suits in packs of playing-cards in Italy, Spain, and Spanish-speaking countries, and in tarot packs. L16.
Property, wealth, possessions, resources, etc., viewed as convertible into coin or banknotes or having value expressible in terms of these. ME.
J. Gross He left Oxford forced to make his own way..without money or influence. R. Guy He was white, looked like money, and claimed rights to property. R. Ellmann Wilde..was again short of money. N. Hinton They cost a fortune...He hasn't got that sort of money. Proverb: Time is money.
b. (With demonstrative or possess. adjective) a sum applied to a particular purpose or in the possession of a particular person. Also, wages, salary; one's pay; remuneration, profit. ME.
beer money, conscience money, danger money, dirt money, earnest money, glove money, hush money, pocket money, protection money, spending money, etc.
Shakespeare Comedy of Errors The money that you owe me for the chain. R. Kipling Come back when your money's spent. Bella I asked her for the money back. H. Garner Working for Malloy-Harrison..the money was better than most. J. Winterson There was no money in vermin any more.
(With pl.) A particular kind of coin, coinage, or currency. ME.
In pl. Sums of money; a sum of money. Now chiefly in legal and quasi-legal parlance. LME.
Byron But to steal The moneys of a slumbering man! Daily Telegraph The receivers of a company in liquidation were entitled to keep moneys loaned. P. Auster The publisher..paid all fees, monies and royalties.
Phrases: accept wooden money: see WOODEN adjective. a good run for one's money, a run for one's money: see RUN noun. at the money = for the money below. be everybody's money (freq. in neg. contexts) (a) arch. be what everybody prefers or can afford to buy; (b) be to everyone's liking. big money: see BIG adjective. black money: see BLACK adjective. buy money: see BUY verb. coin money: see COIN verb1. dirty money: see DIRTY adjective. easy money: see EASY adjective. even money: see EVEN adjective. folding money: see FOLDING ppl adjective. for money in return or exchange for money. for my money (a) in my opinion; (b) is my choice (or favourite) (the man for my money: see MAN noun.). for the money at the price paid. front money: see FRONT noun, adjective, & adverb. funny money: see FUNNY adjective. hard money: see HARD adjective. hot money: see HOT adjective. in the money among the prize-winners; amply or sufficiently supplied with money; rich. mad money: see MAD adjective. make money acquire or earn money; esp. make a profit (out of). make the money fly: see FLY verb. marry into money, marry money marry a wealthy spouse, marry a person with a wealthy family. money for jam, money for old rope a profitable return for little or no trouble; a very easy job; someone or something easy to profit from. money of account: see ACCOUNT noun. near money: see NEAR adjective. new money: see NEW adjective. not for love or money: see LOVE noun. old money: see OLD adjective. paper money: see PAPER noun & adjective. plastic money: see PLASTIC adjective. put one's money on bet on (a horse etc.); fig. favour or depend on, expect the success of. put one's money where one's mouth is produce, bet, or pay out money to support one's statements or opinions. ready money: see READY adjective. real money: see REAL adjective2. see the colour of a person's money: see COLOUR noun. smart money: see SMART adjective. spend money like water: see WATER noun. take wooden money: see WOODEN adjective. throw good money after bad: see THROW verb. throw money at try to solve (a problem) by increased expenditure alone, without due consideration. value for money: see VALUE noun. white money: see WHITE adjective. your money or your life: a formula attributed to highwaymen etc. in obtaining money from their victims.
Comb.: money-back adjective (of a system, agreement, etc.) providing for the customer's money to be refunded if the goods or service provided are not satisfactory; money-bag a bag for holding money; moneybags colloq. (freq. derog.) a person chiefly remarkable as a possessor or lover of money; a wealthy person; money-belt a belt with a purse for carrying money; money-bill a bill in Parliament for granting supplies; money-bound adjective (colloq.) detained for lack of money; money box a box in which money is kept; esp. a closed box into which money is dropped through a slit; money-broker a money-dealer; money centre a place of pre-eminent importance in the financial affairs of a region or country; money-changer a person whose business it is to change money at a fixed or authorized rate; money-clause a clause (in a parliamentary bill) for granting supplies; money cowrie: see COWRIE 1; money crop US = cash crop s.v. CASH noun1; money-dealer a person who deals in money in the way of exchange, banking, lending, etc.; money flower honesty, Lunaria annua; money-grubber: see GRUBBER noun 3; money-grubbing noun & adjective (given to or characterized by) the assiduous amassing of money by contemptible methods; money illusion: that money has a fixed value in terms of its purchasing power; money-jobber, money-jobbing a dealer, dealing, in money or coin; moneylender a person whose business is lending money at interest; moneylending noun & adjective (engaged in) the business of lending money at interest; moneymaker (a) a person who coins money; (b) a maker of counterfeit coin; (c) a person who gains or earns much money; a person skilled in or intent on making money; (d) a profitable thing, idea, etc., a money-spinner; moneymaking noun & adjective (a) noun the acquiring of wealth; the making of profits; (b) adjective occupied in or intent on making money; profitable, lucrative; money-man colloq. a financier; a financial expert; money market (a) the market in short-term finance between banks and other financial institutions (sometimes including the foreign exchange market and the bullion market); these institutions collectively; (b) US = money centre above; money matters the financial side of things, financial affairs; money-monger derog. (arch.) a moneylender; money-mongering derog. (arch.) moneylending; money order an order for payment of a specified sum issued at a bank or post office and payable at another (in British use not bearing the name of a specified payee); money-power (a) the power to coin money, regulate its use, etc.; (b) the power exercised by money or by wealthy people, firms, etc.; money scrivener: see SCRIVENER 3; money spider a very small spider supposed to bring good luck in pecuniary matters to the person over whom it crawls; spec. a spider of the family Linyphiidae; money-spinner (a) a money spider; (b) a person who or (now more usu.) thing which makes a lot of money; something very profitable; money-spinning adjective very profitable; money supply Economics the total amount of money in circulation or in being in a country (as measured by various criteria); money tree US a source of easily obtained or unlimited money; money wages income expressed in terms of monetary value, with no account taken of purchasing power; moneywort = CREEPING Jenny; Cornish moneywort, a creeping plant of the figwort family, Sibthorpia europaea, with small pink flowers.
moneyless adjective LME.