money Definition

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.