See Also: gillyflower(dictionary)
gillyflower(medicine)
Tight money or dear money(finance)
Near money(finance)
New Money(money)
At-the-money(money)
On the money(money)
money(dictionary)
Money(medicine)
new money(dictionary)

Financial adviser (money) and gillyflower (iou)


Financial adviser (money)


Definition: [crh] A professional offering financial advice to clients for a fee and/or commission.







gillyflower (iou)



gillyflower noun. & Other vars. ME.
[Alt. (by assim. to flower) of Old French gilofre, girofle from medieval Latin caryophyllum clove from Greek karuophullon, from karuon nut + phullon leaf: cf. clove-gillyflower s.v. CLOVE noun2 I.]
A clove. ME-E16.
Any of various cultivated flowers with a scent like that of cloves; esp. = CLOVE noun2 2. Also (dial.), the wallflower, Erysimum cheiri; (in full stock-gillyflower) the stock, Matthiola incana. LME.