money : Idioms & Phrases

• a single coin.

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• in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell.

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• noun a quantity of money
  amount of money; sum; amount.
  
  • he borrowed a large sum
  • the amount he had in cash was insufficient

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• noun a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
  big bucks; megabucks; pile; bundle.
  
  • she made a bundle selling real estate
  • they sank megabucks into their new house

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• noun compensation paid to the family of a murdered person
  
• noun a reward for information about a murderer
  
• noun paid to a hired murderer
  

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox.

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• money deposited by way of security or guaranty, as by a student at an English university.

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• noun credit available at low rates of interest
  

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• hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney.

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• a kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of Spanish South America in the eighteenth century. The coins were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its aliquot parts.

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• (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.

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• noun payment made voluntarily to reduce guilt over dishonest dealings
  

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• stolen or wrongfully acquired money that is voluntarily restored to the rightful possessor. Such money paid into the United States treasury by unknown debtors is called the Conscience fund.

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• lawful money.

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• noun goods or money obtained illegally
  swag; booty; prize; pillage; plunder; loot.
  

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• an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity.

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• noun money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract
  arles.
  

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• (Law), money paid as earnest, to bind a bargain or to ratify and prove a sale.

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• noun income obtained with a minimum of effort
  gravy train.
  
• noun the economic condition in which credit is easy to secure
  

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• noun the fee charged for admission
  admission charge; price of admission; admission; admission price; admission fee; entrance fee.
  

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• noun money that the government declares to be legal tender although it cannot be converted into standard specie
  

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• irredeemable paper currency, not resting on a specie basis, but deriving its purchasing power from the declaratory fiat of the government issuing it.

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• noun currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie
  paper currency; folding money.
  

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• adverb under any circumstances
  for anything; for any price; for all the world.
  
  • she wouldn't give up her pets for love or money

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• entrance money for admission to an inclosure.

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• . (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a country to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed.

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• money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money.

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• coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money.

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• a capitation tax; a poll tax. Milton.

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• noun an annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see
  Peter's pence.
  

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• AS. heor&edh;pening, a tax formerly laid in England on hearths, each hearth (in all houses paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at two shillings; called also chimney money, etc.

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• noun a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret
  

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• money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts.

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• a sum of money paid, immediately upon their entering service, to men who have been impressed.

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• charges laid by government on shipping entering a port, for the maintenance of lighthouses and light-ships.

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• (Mil.), the additional pay of officer or soldier when his regiment is marching.

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• noun specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday
  

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• noun coins collectively
  coinage; specie; mintage.
  

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• noun belt with a concealed section for holding money
  

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• (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue.

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• noun a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
  coin bank; bank; savings bank.
  
  • the coin bank was empty
• noun a strongbox for holding cash
  till; cashbox.
  

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• a broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; called also money changer.

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• noun one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country
  exchanger.
  

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• noun cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa
  Cypraea moneta.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Cypræa (esp. C. moneta) formerly much used as money by savage tribes. See Cowrie.

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• noun a person who receives or invests or pays out money
  money dealer.
  

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• noun a person who receives or invests or pays out money
  money dealer.
  

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• noun concealing the source of illegally gotten money
  

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• noun a market for short-term debt instruments
  

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• a denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin; e.g., the mill is a money of account in the United States, but not a coin.

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• noun a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual; obtainable and payable at a post office
  postal order.
  

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• an order for the payment of money; specifically, a government order for the payment of money, issued at one post office as payable at another; called also postal money order (b) a similar order issued by a bank .

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• noun southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
  honesty; Lunaria annua; silver dollar; satinpod; satin flower.
  

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• a person who produces the loan of money to others. Eng.

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• (Zoöl.), a small spider; so called as being popularly supposed to indicate that the person upon whom it crawls will be fortunate in money matters.

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• noun the total stock of money in the economy; currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks
  

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• a fair or full equivalent for the money which is paid.

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Mon"ey-mak`er noun

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1. One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money. R.
2. One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive.

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Mon"ey-mak`ing noun

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1. The act or process of making money; the acquisition and accumulation of wealth.

   Obstinacy in money-making. Milman.

Mon"ey-mak`ing adjective

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1. Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business.
2. Sussessful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim; as, a money-making man.

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• noun a project that generates a continuous flow of money
  cash cow; moneymaker.
  

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• noun the inherited wealth of established upper-class families
  silver spoon.
  
  • he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth
  • she is the daughter of old money from Massachusetts

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• noun currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie
  paper currency; folding money.
  

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• notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin.

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• money paid for conveyance of a passenger, usually for carrying passengers by water.

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• noun cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses
  pocket money; pin money.
  

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• an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure.

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• money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree.

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• noun cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses
  pocket money; pin money.
  

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• . See Money order, under Money.

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• money paid to a man enlisted into public service. See Prest money, under Prest, a.

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• money formerly paid to men when they enlisted into the British service; so called because it bound those that received it to be ready for service when called upon.

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• a sum of money paid yearly by archdeacons and other dignitaries to their bishop.

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• noun any money given as a prize
  

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• a dividend from the proceeds of a captured vessel, etc., paid to the captors.

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• (Law), money paid for procuring a loan. Blackstone.

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• the money paid, or contracted to be paid, for anything bought. Berkeley.

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• noun money demanded for the return of a captured person
  ransom.
  

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• noun money in the form of cash that is readily available
  ready cash; cold cash.
  
  • his wife was always a good source of ready cash
  • he paid cold cash for the TV set

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• money held ready for payment, or actually paid, at the time of a transaction; cash.
• means of immediate payment; cash. "'Tis all the ready money fate can give." Cowley.

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• noun capital needed to set up a new business or enterprise
  

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• noun an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense
  

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• (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished.

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• noun money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information)
  
• noun (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
  exemplary damages; punitive damages.
  
• noun people who are highly experienced or who have inside information
  
  • the smart money said Truman would lose the election

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• . (a) Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation . (b) (Mil.) Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and injures received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn in, to procure his release from service . (c) (Law) Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done. Burrill. Greenleaf.

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• noun political contributions made in such a way as to avoid the United States regulations for federal election campaigns (as by contributions to a political action committee)
  

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• paper money, as distinguished from coin, or hard money. Colloq. U.S.

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• noun cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses
  pocket money; pin money.
  

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• money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. Colloq.

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• money paid to a spy; the reward for private or secret intelligence regarding the enemy.

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• noun a quantity of money
  amount of money; sum; amount.
  
  • he borrowed a large sum
  • the amount he had in cash was insufficient

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• noun the economic condition in which credit is difficult to secure and interest rates are high
  

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• to gain or acquire money or property; to make a profit in dealings.

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• to exchange in the course of trade; to keep in lively exchange or circulation; to gain or increase in trade.

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• noun coins of regular issue whose face value is greater than their intrinsic value
  

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• money which is lawfully current for more than its real value. See Token, n., 4.

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• money paid as a tribute or tax.

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• a duty paid formerly in England, annually, by housekeepers, toward providing harness, drums, colors, and the like, for the militia.

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• noun money spent for inadequate return
  
  • the senator said that the project was a waste of money

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• silver money.

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