Definition of (money) in English English dictionary
- I have no money
- Indicates that the speaker has no money
- I need money
- Indicates that the speaker needs money
- Maunday money
- The money and coins given out by the reigning monarch on Maunday Thursday
- Maundy money
- A special coinage given to the deserving poor in a religious ceremony performed by Anglicans on Maundy Thursday
- Monopoly money
- Bills of foreign currency which are brightly colored or printed on flimsy paper
- Monopoly money
- Money that doesn't really exist, referring to fraudulent record keeping
They did so to conceal the fact that they were playing with Monopoly money—fabricating profits as phony as the pastel-colored money used in the classic Parker Brothers board game.
- Monopoly money
- Play money printed on paper, especially differently colored denominations of the board game Monopoly
- a fool and his money are soon parted
- It is easy to get money from foolish people, especially rich ones
- bad money drives out good
- Debased coinage (with low levels of precious metals) replaces purer coinage (with higher levels of precious metals)
- bad money drives out good
- Mediocre talent drives away real talent
- beer money
- Some extra money not needed for essential payments, which is available for spending on luxuries, hobbies, or simply going out for a beer
Greenwood sees his part-time work as more than just beer money though. It's also a year of groundwork, he says.
- big-money
- Involving a large amount of money
- blood money
- Money paid by a killer, or on his behalf, to one of his victims' next of kin
- cash money
- Cash, or a thing easily converted to cash, as opposed to credit
So don't think for a moment that your old but tired vehicle matters only to you. Your clunker is cash money to professional thieves.
- dirty money
- Money that is illegally gained, illegally transferred or illegally utilized. Especially money gained through forgery, bribery, or thievery
- earnest money
- Money paid as a deposit to show intent to buy or to reserve an item to be purchased; especially, money accompanying an offer to buy real estate
- easy money
- A monetary policy that makes money, credit, or both readily available to some borrowers
- easy money
- Money easily acquired
- even money
- A bet which offers odds of 1 to 1
- even money
- By extension, an event that is somewhat likely to happen, but far from inevitable
It's even money that it will rain today.
- fiat money
- Money that is given legal value or made legal tender for money debts by government fiat
- folding money
- Paper currency; cash in the form of printed banknotes
Less need for paper cash means fewer trips to the ATM to get more folding money.
- for my money
- Used to mark a statement made by the speaker as an opinion or something not known with certainty
- funny money
- A highly inflated currency
- funny money
- Play money
- funny money
- Money gained in a devious or sneaky manner
- funny money
- Bills of any foreign currency or of counterfeit origin
- grease money
- Alternative name of grease payment
- hard money
- Money backed by specie and easily convertible into foreign currencies
- hot money
- stolen currency that can be easily traced via serial numbers
- hot money
- money, or other financial instruments, that move regularly between different markets in search of the best interest rates
- hot money
- the largest total of money staked on a race etc
The hot money is on Fishface to win the 3:30.
- hush money
- A bribe to maintain secrecy (to prevent bad publicity or to prevent the discovery of a crime)
The scandal was even greater when it was announced that hush money had been paid to keep the faulty products unannounced.
- in the money
- Possessing money; rich
We're in the money. We're in the money. / We've got a lot of what it takes to get along.
- in the money
- For an option, having a strike price which makes it profitable to exercise. For a call this is a strike below the market price, or for a put a strike above the market price
- licence to print money
- A means of generating a large income with little effort
- licence to print money
- The authority to print money, usually given to a central bank exclusively as the issuer of currency
- license to print money
- US spelling of licence to print money
- mad money
- A sum of money kept in reserve or to insulate oneself financially in the event of the sudden breakdown of a relationship in which one is economically dependent
Such an expression is mad money, noted as early as 1922 by Howard J. Savage (Dialect Notes 5:148) at the end of an article on Bryn Mawr slang. Savage's definition is 'money a girl carries in case she has a row with her escort and wishes to go home alone.'.
- mad money
- A sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept in reserve to use for impulsive, frivolous purposes
Ultrasuede minibags are just the solution for waste. And for crime. Most minis hardly hold more than mad money and a comb.
- money
- A person who funds an operation
- money
- Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally
- money
- A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply
- money
- Wealth
He was born with money.
- money
- A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value
Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as money in Western Africa.
- money
- An item of value between two parties used for the exchange of goods or services
- money
- The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits
- money
- Of or pertaining to money; monetary
money supply, money market.
- money
- A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union)
- money belt
- A belt concealed under clothing, having a pocket for money or other documents
- money bomb
- An intense, short-term internet fundraising campaign, usually taking 24 hours or less
- money broker
- A broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; money changer
- money can't buy happiness
- Money can buy external things, but true happiness comes from inside
- money changer
- A person who will exchange currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage
The money changer gave me rupees for my dollars.
- money changers
- plural form of money changer
- money chest
- A burglar-resistant container for storing money and other precious items
- money clip
- A clip used for securing folded banknotes
- money cowry
- A mollusc of the species Cypraea moneta. The shells of money cowry were formerly used as money in West Africa
- money doesn't grow on trees
- Wealth cannot be obtained without some effort; hence currency is not always available for a prospective purchase
Money doesn't grow on trees — and even the paper for money isn't made of wood!.
- money for jam
- Money made very easily
For an ex-chainman, the locating business was money for jam at $25.00 for a light morning's work.
- money for old rope
- Money exchanged for goods of low value
- money goggles
- the illusion that a man appears more attractive to women when he is wealthy regardless of his appearance or personality
- money laundering
- The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money that has been obtained illegally
- money machine
- A very profitable scheme or institution, sometimes one that disregards aesthetic or spiritual concerns in favour of making money
- money machines
- plural form of money machine
- money maker
- A woman's buttocks
- money maker
- Something profitable
- money market
- A market for trading short-term debt instruments, such as treasury bills, commercial paper, bankers' acceptances, and certificates of deposit
- money market fund
- A mutual fund that invests almost exclusively in short-term money market instruments whose value is deemed unlikely to fluctuate
- money markets
- plural form of money market
- money of account
- A denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin
- money order
- A type of cheque, usually purchased from a postal service to allow safe sending of money through the post
- money orders
- plural form of money order
- money scrivener
- A person who produces the loan of money to others
- money shot
- The photographic capture of a willing female proudly displaying her breasts for free, or enticed to raise the shirt for photographing
- money shot
- The moment in a pornographic film where the male subject of the scene in question ejaculates; so named because it is often considered the most important part of the film, and often an actor who is unable to provide the shot goes unpaid
- money shots
- plural form of money shot
- money spider
- Any spider of the family Linyphiidae, superstitiously believed to bring financial good luck
- money spiders
- plural form of money spider
- money supply
- the total amount of money (bills, coins, loans, credit, and other liquid instruments) in a particular economy
- money talks
- It is easier to accomplish goals using money instead of just talk
- money tree
- A Malabar chestnut (Pachira aquatica)
- money tree
- A cheap, basic kind of tree sculpture, decorated with currency, used as a raffle prize because it would be illegal to offer a cash prize
- money tree
- A jade plant (Crassula ovata)
- money tree
- A kind of holy tree which can bring money and good fortune
- money tree
- A cocoa tree. (Theobroma cacao)
- money-grubbing
- greedy or avaricious
- money-making
- that acquires money
He's always working on one money-making project or another.
- money-making
- the acquisition of money
- money-market
- Alternative spelling of money market
- money-market fund
- Alternative spelling of money market fund
- money-spinner
- something that generates a continuous income
- money-spinning
- Serving to generate a continuous income
- new money
- Persons or families that have recently become wealthy
- old money
- Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families
- old money
- The imperial system of measurement, as opposed to the metric system
These scales say I weigh 72 kilograms; what's that in old money?.
- old money
- The monetary system used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation and consisting of pounds, shillings, and pence
- on the money
- In the correct position
- piss money up the wall
- to waste money, normally through ineptness in business
- plastic money
- Credit cards and debit cards as an alternative to cash
- play money
- Noticeably fake bills or coins intended for use as toy currency, especially with board games, rather than currency in a legitimate exchange market
- pocket money
- A small sum of cash, carried on the person, for small, daily expenses
- pocket money
- A small sum of money given to a child, by a parent or guardian
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- More generally, to take an obvious stake in the truth of a claim that one is making
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- To make or take a bet
- quantity theory of money
- the theory that changes in prices and the value of money vary with changes in the amount of money in circulation
- ready money
- Money held ready for payment, or actually paid, at the time of a transaction
- rent money
- Money set aside to pay rent
- right on the money
- Exact; precise; exactly right
Your guess was right on the money. I'm exactly 28 years old.
- rocking chair money
- unemployment benefit
- run for one's money
- A difficult challenge for the person indicated, especially one involving a competitive situation
After beating Bush in New Hampshire, McCain gave him a two month run for his money. Bush had to prove he wasn't just a famous name.
- run for one's money
- A reasonable opportunity to succeed, perform acceptably, or escape harm, especially in a difficult situation
I say he'll get a run for his money. If there's any killing to be done, it will be in fair fight..
- seed money
- Money used to set up a new business venture
- silly money
- A ridiculously large (or, less commonly, small) sum of money
Standard prices range from about 180€ - 500€ per night (unless you're looking to spend really silly money).
- sit-down money
- Welfare or social security payments made to aboriginal people, including unemployment benefits
2005: A discussion paper being released today canvasses a number of proposals to transform the payments that have become known as 'sit-down money'. — Australian Broadcasting Commission, The World Today, 21 February 2005.
- smart money
- the money invested or bet by such people; by extension, the opinions of such people
The smart money is on a half percent cut in the basic bank lending rates before the end of the week.
- smart money
- experienced, well-informed investors, gamblers etc considered as a group
- smart-money
- Money paid as a compensation to a person injured
The reader may remember that Mr Allworthy gave Tom Jones a little horse, as a kind of smart-money for the punishment which he imagined he had suffered innocently.
- throw money away
- To spend money foolishly or indiscriminately; to waste money without regard of the consequences
The young boy liked to throw money away at the video arcade and candy store.
- tight money
- A monetary policy that makes money, credit, or both readily available to some borrowers
- time is money
- Money is wasted (in lost wages, missed opportunities, etc.) when a person's time is not used productively; time is valuable and should not be wasted
His words and manner carried the crisp terseness of the busy man whose time is money.
- you pays your money and you takes your choice
- Each person should make their own decisions
You can get there by bus, or train, or taxi. Whatever. You pays your money and you takes your choice.
- in-the-money
- An option that would have value if exercised For an in-the-money call, the stock price exceeds the strike price For an in-the-money put, the stock price is less than the strike price
- a fool and his money are easily parted
- People who aren't careful with their money spend it quickly
- king's money
- See: king's shilling
- money
- {n} metal coined for public use
- put your money where your mouth is
- (deyim) Do something rather than to just talk about it
- real money
- (colloq.) the coinage or currency in which one habitually reckons