greed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
  2. noun reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
    avarice; covetousness; avaritia; rapacity.

WordNet

Greed noun
Etymology
Akin to Goth. gr?dus hunger, Icel. gr&amac;&edh;r. See Greedy.
Definitions
  1. An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.

Webster 1913