money
/ˈmʌn.i/ noun, adjective, proper noun
Forms monies moneys monie mony munney munny
- noun A generally accepted means of exchange. “I cannot take money that I did not work for.”
- noun A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). “money supply; money market”
- noun Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques, credit cards, or credit more generally. “You best have some money, cause there ain't no checks or credit here.”
- noun The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
- noun Wealth. “He was born with money.”
- noun A person, family or class that possesses wealth. “He was born into money.”
- noun An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
- noun A person who funds an operation.
- adjective (US, slang) Cool; excellent.
- proper noun A surname.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States.
Synonyms
ackers bees and honey blunt bones brass bread bread and honey Bugs Bunny cake cheddar cheese ching clams coin cream tender currency dinero dosh dough
Etymology
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 Azerbaijani or Turkmen.
* 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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also, any number of such pieces; coin.
- noun Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and selling.
- verb To supply with money. [Obs.]
Etymology [OE. moneie, OF. moneie, F. monnaie, fr. L. moneta. See Mint place where coin is made, Mind, and cf. Moidore, Monetary.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “money”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details