What does "money" mean?
A generally accepted means of exchange.
Money
/ˈmʌn.i/ adj, name, noun, slang
adj, name, noun, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A generally accepted means of exchange.
- Grammar: money is listed as adj, name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: currency, finances, funds, ackers.
- Useful contrasts: barter, chips, debt.
- Usage evidence: America is a lovely place to be, if you are here to earn money.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A generally accepted means of exchange. plural, uncountable, usually
"I cannot take money that I did not work for."
- 2 wealth reckoned in terms of money wordnet
- 3 A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). plural, uncountable, usually
"money supply; money market"
- 4 the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender wordnet
- 5 Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to checks, credit cards, or credit more generally. plural, uncountable, usually
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- 6 the official currency issued by a government or national bank wordnet
- 7 The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits. plural, uncountable, usually
- 8 Wealth. plural, uncountable, usually
"He was born with money."
- 9 A person, family or class that possesses wealth. plural, uncountable, usually
"He was born into money."
- 10 An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services. plural, uncountable, usually
- 11 A person who funds an operation. plural, uncountable, usually
Adjective
- 1 Cool; excellent. US, plural, slang
"But Schilling was great again today. As my younger son would no doubt say, he's so money he doesn't know he's money. Two more like him and never mind the World Series; the Red Sox would be ready for the Super Bowl."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
"This point highlights several of John Money's contributions to the field of behavioral science."
- 2 An unincorporated community in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. countable, uncountable
"Money, Mississippi, looks exactly like it sounds. Named in that persistent Southern tradition of irony and with the attendant tradition of nescience, the name becomes slightly sad, a marker of self-conscious ignorance that might as well be embraced because, let’s face it, it isn’t going away."
- 3 An unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
Antonyms
Example
"America is a lovely place to be, if you are here to earn money."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "money"?
Common synonyms include: currency, finances, funds, ackers, affluence, affluent.
How do you use "money" in a sentence?
America is a lovely place to be, if you are here to earn money.
How do you pronounce "money"?
Pronounced /ˈmʌn.i/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English moneye, moneie, money, borrowed from Anglo-Norman muneie (“money”), from Latin monēta (“money, a place for coining money, coin, mint”), from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome, where a mint was. In this sense, displaced native Old English feoh, whence English fee. Doublet of mint, ultimately from the same Latin word but through Germanic and Old English, and of manat, through Russian and Azeri or Turkmen.
Etymology 2
* As an English surname, from the noun money. Compare Minter, Monier. * As an Irish surname, variant of Mooney. * As a French surname, variant of Monnet, itself a variant of Monet.