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moneys Definition


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money
noun monies (plural in sense 1b and 4), moneys
    1a. Coins or banknotes used as a means of buying things;
      Thesaurus: currency, banknotes, cash, bills, coinage, legal tender, dough (slang), bread (slang), bucks (US slang), moolah (slang).
    1b. Any currency used as legal tender.
    2. Wealth in general.
      Thesaurus: wealth, capital, funds, property.
    3. colloq
      A rich person; rich people.
      Example: marry money
    4. commerce, law.
      Sums of money.
      Form: monies (always)
      Form: moneys
Derivative: moneyed
adj
    Having much money; wealthy.
      Thesaurus: affluent, prosperous, rich, wealthy, well-off, well-heeled, well-to-do, loaded (slang); Antonym: impoverished.
Idiom: be in the money
    colloq
    To be wealthy.
Idiom: for my money (for our etc money)
    colloq
    In my, our etc opinion.
Idiom: get one's money's worth
    To get full value for the money or other resources one has put into something.
Idiom: have money to burn
    To have enough money to be able to spend in ways which others may find foolish.
Idiom: made of money
    colloq
    Said of a person: extremely rich.
Idiom: make money
    To make a profit or acquire wealth.
Idiom: money down
    Money paid on the spot for something.
Idiom: money for old rope
    colloq
    Money obtained without any effort.
Idiom: money talks
    An expression used to convey the idea that people with money have power and influence over others.
Idiom: on the money
    (S)
    slang
    Spot-on; exactly right.
Idiom: put money into something
    To invest in it.
Idiom: put money on something
    colloq
    To bet on it.
Idiom: put one's money where one's mouth is
    To support what one has said by risking or investing money, or giving other material or practical help.
Etymology: 13c: from French moneie, from Latin moneta.



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