| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun money.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (money) | 1. The most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us".[Wordnet]. 2. Wealth reckoned in terms of money; "all his money is in real estate".[Wordnet]. 3. The official currency issued by a government or national bank; "he changed his money into francs".[Wordnet]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. 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.[Websters]. 6. In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in land, or in stocks; to make, or lose, money.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb money.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (money) | 1. To supply with money.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: moneying, moneyed, moneys, moneyer, moneyers, moneyingly and moneyedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "MONEYS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: money
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Satire | MONEY, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society. Supportable property. Source: Devil's Dictionary | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] plu. moneys.. | 2: [Noun] Coin; stamped metal; any piece of metal, usually gold, silver or copper, stamped by public authority, and used as the medium of commerce. We sometimes give the name of money to other coined metals,and to any other material which rude nations use a medium of trade. But among modern commercial nations, gold, silver and copper are the only metals used for this purpose. Gold and silver, containing great value in small compass, and being therefore of easy conveyance, and being also durable and little liable to diminution by use, are the most convenient metals for coin or money, which is the representative of commodities of all kinds, of lands, and of every thing that is capable of being transferred in commerce.. | 3: [Noun] Bank notes or bills of credit issued by authority, and exchangeable for coin or redeemable, are also called money; as such notes in modern times represent coin, and are used as a substitute for it. If a man pays in hand for goods in bank notes which are current, he is said to pay in ready money.. | 4: [Noun] Wealth; affluence. Money can neither open new avenues to pleasure, nor block up the passages of anguish.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| 19th Century Satire | Society's vindication of vulgarity. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. | ||
| Antiquities | Money. See Moneta; Numismatics. (references) | ||
| Banking | Anything that serves as a generally accepted medium of exchange, a standard of value, and a means to save or store purchasing power. In the US, paper currency (nearly all of which consists of Federal Reserve notes), coin and funds in checking and similar accounts at depository institutions are examples of money. See also Currency. (references) | ||
| Bible | 1: Money Of uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history of Abraham (Gen. 13:2; 20:16; 24:35). Next, this word is used in connection with the purchase of the cave of Machpelah (23:16), and again in connection with Jacob's purchase of a field at Shalem (Gen. 33:18, 19) for "an hundred pieces of money"=an hundred Hebrew kesitahs (q.v.), i.e., probably pieces of money, as is supposed, bearing the figure of a lamb. The history of Joseph affords evidence of the constant use of money, silver of a fixed weight. This appears also in all the subsequent history of the Jewish people, in all their internal as well as foreign transactions. There were in common use in trade silver pieces of a definite weight, shekels, half-shekels, and quarter-shekels. But these were not properly coins, which are pieces of metal authoritatively issued, and bearing a stamp. Of the use of coined money we have no early notice among the Hebrews. The first mentioned is of Persian coinage, the daric (Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:70) and the 'adarkon (Ezra 8:27). The daric (q.v.) was a gold piece current in Palestine in the time of Cyrus. As long as the Jews, after the Exile, lived under Persian rule, they used Persian coins. These gave place to Greek coins when Palestine came under the dominion of the Greeks (B. C. 331), the coins consisting of gold, silver, and copper pieces. The usual gold pieces were staters (q.v.), and the silver coins tetradrachms and drachms. In the year B. C. 140, Antiochus VII.gave permission to Simon the Maccabee to coin Jewish money. Shekels (q.v.) were then coined bearing the figure of the almond rod and the pot of manna. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | 2: 1. Uncounted money. --It is well known that ancient nations that were without a coinage weighed the precious metals, a practice represented on the Egyptian monuments, on which gold and silver are shown to have been kept in the form of rings. We have no evidence of the use of coined money before the return from the Babylonian captivity; but silver was used for money, in quantities determined by weight, at least as early as the time of Abraham; and its earliest mention is in the generic sense of the price paid for a slave. (Genesis 17:13) The 1000 pieces of silver paid by Abimelech to Abraham, (Genesis 20:16) and the 20 pieces of silver for which Joseph was sold to the Ishmaelites, (Genesis 37:28) were probably rings such as we see on the Egyptian monuments in the act of being weighed. In the first recorded transaction of commerce, the cave of Machpelah is purchased by Abraham for 400 shekels of silver. The shekel weight of silver was the unit of value through the whole age of Hebrew history, down to the Babylonian captivity. 2. Coined money. --After the captivity we have the earliest mention of coined money, in allusion, as might have been expected, to the Persian coinage, the gold daric (Authorized version dram). (Ezra 2:69; 8:27; Nehemiah 7:70,71,72) See Daric. No native Jewish coinage appears to have existed till Antiochus VII. Sidetes granted Simon Maccabaeus the license to coin money, B.C. 140; and it is now generally agreed that the oldest Jewish silver coins belong to this period. They are shekels and half-shekels, of the weight of 220 and 110 grains. With this silver there was associated a copper coinage. The abundant money of Herod the Great, which is of a thoroughly Greek character, and of copper only, seems to have been a continuation of the copper coinage of the Maccabees, with some adaptation to the Roman standard. In the money of the New Testament we see the native copper coinage side by side with the Graeco-Roman copper, silver and gold. (The first coined money mentioned in the Bible refers to the Persian coinage, (1 Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 2:69) and translated dram. It is the Persian daric, a gold coin worth about $5.50. The coins mentioned by the evangelists, and first those of silver, are the following: The stater, (Matthew 17:24-27) called piece of money, was a Roman coin equal to four drachmas. It was worth 55 to 60 cents, and is of about the same value as the Jewish stater, or coined shekel. The denarius, or Roman penny, as well as the Greek drachma, then of about the same weight, are spoken of as current coins. (Matthew 22:15-21; Luke 20:19-25) They were worth about 15 cents. Of copper coins the farthing and its half, the mite, are spoken of, and these probably formed the chief native currency. (The Roman farthing (quadrans) was a brass coin worth.375 of a cent. The Greek farthing (as or assarion) was worth four Roman farthings, i.e. about one cent and a half. A mite was half a farthing, and therefore was worth about two-tenths of a cent if the half of the Roman farthing, and about 2 cents if the half of the Greek farthing. See table of Jewish weights and measures. --ED.). (references) | |
| Dream Interpretation | 1: Beware lest the innocent fancies of your brain make a place for your money before payday. 2: To count your money and find a deficit, you will be worried in making payments. 3: To dream of finding money, denotes small worries, but much happiness. Changes will follow. 4: To dream that you steal money, denotes that you are in danger and should guard your actions. 5: To dream that you swallow money, portends that you are likely to become mercenary. 6: To dream you find a roll of currency, and a young woman claims it, foretells you will lose in some enterprise by the interference of some female friend. The dreamer will find that he is spending his money unwisely and is living beyond his means. It is a dream of caution. 7: To look upon a quantity of money, denotes that prosperity and happiness are within your reach. 8: To lose money, you will experience unhappy hours in the home and affairs will appear gloomy. 9: To pay out money, denotes misfortune. 10: To receive gold, great prosperity and unalloyed pleasures. 11: To save money, augurs wealth and comfort. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Economics | 1: Any denomination of coin or paper currency of legal tender that passes freely as a medium of exchange. (references) | 2: Something that is widely accepted in payment for goods and services and in settling debts. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Finance | Anything that is generally accepted as a medium of exchange, such as currency or precious metals. See money stock. (references) | ||
| Geography | Money is geographically located in Cameroon. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 5.783333 degrees North latitude and 14.083333 degrees East longitude. (references) | ||
| Law | MONEY. 1. Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money. 1 Inst. 207; 1 Hale's Hist. 188; 1 Pardess. n. 22; Dom. Lois civ. liv. prel. t. 3, s. 2, n. 6. 2. For many purposes, bank notes; (q.v.) 1 Y. & J, 380; 3 Mass. 405; 14 Mass. 122; 2 N. H. Rep. 333; 17 Mass. 560; 7 Cowen, 662; 4 Pick. 74; Bravt. 24; a check; 4 Bing. 179; S. C. 13 E. C. L. R. 295; and negotiable notes; 3 Mass. 405; will be so considered. To support a count for money had and received, the receipt by the defendant of bank notes, promissory notes: 3 Mass. 405; 3 Shepl. 285; 9 Pick. 93; John. 132; credit in account, in the books of a third person; 3 Campb. 199; or any chattel, is sufficient; 4 Pick. 71; 17 Mass. 560; and will be treated as money. See 7 Wend. 311; 8 Wend. 641; 7 S. & R. 246; 8 T. R. 687; 3 B. & P. 559; 1 Y. & J. 380. 3. The constitution of the United States has vested in congress the power "to coin money, and regulate the value thereof." Art. 1, s. 8. 4. By virtue of this constitutional authority, the following provisions have been enacted by congress. 1. Act of April 2, 1792, 1 Story's L. U.S. 229. 1. 9. That there shall be from time to time, struck and coined at the said mint, coins of gold, silver, and copper, of the following denominations, values, and descriptions, viz: Eagles; each to be of the value of ten dollars, or units, and to contain two hundred and forty-seven grains and four-eighths of a grain of pure, or two hundred and seventy grains of standard, gold. Half eagles; each to be of the value of five dollars, and to contain one hundred and twenty-three grains and six-eighths of a pure, or one hundred and thirty-five grains of standard gold. Quarter eagles; each to be of the value of two dollars and a half dollar, and to contain sixty-one grains and seven-eighths of a grain of pure, or sixty-seven grains and four-eighths of a grain of standard gold. Dollars, or units; each to be of the value of a Spanish milled dollar, as the same is now current, and to contain three hundred and seventy-one grains and four-sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or four hundred and sixteen grains of standard silver. Half dollars; each to be of half the value of the dollar or unit, and to contain one hundred and eighty-five grains and ten-sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or two hundred and eight grains of standard, silver. Quarter dollars; each to be of one-fourth the value of the dollar, or unit, and to contain ninety-two grains and thirteen-sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or one hundred and four grains of standard, silver. Dimes; each to be of the value of one-tenth of a dollar, or unit, and to contain thirty-seven grains and two sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or forty-one grains and three-fifth parts of a grain of standard, silver. Half dimes; each to be of the value of one-twentieth of dollar, and to contain eighteen grains and nine-sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or twenty grains and four-fifth parts of a grain of standard, silver. Cents; each to be of the value of the one-hundredth part of a dollar, and to contain eleven pennyweights of copper. Half cents; each to be of the value of half a cent, and to contain five pennyweights and, a half a pennyweight of copper. 5. - 10. That upon the said coins, respectively, there shall be the following devises and legends, namely: Upon one side of each of the said coins there shall be an impression emblematic of liberty, with an inscription of the word liberty, and the year of the coinage; and, upon the reverse of each of the gold and silver coins, there shall be the figure or representation of an eagle, with this inscription, "United States of America:" and, upon the reverse of each of the copper coins there shall be an inscription which shall express the denomination of the piece, namely, cent or half cent, as the case may require. 6. - 11. That the proportional value of gold to silver in all coins which shall, by law, be current as money within the United States, shall be as fifteen to one, according to quantity in weight, of pure gold or pure silver; that is to say, every fifteen pounds weight of pure silver shall be of equal value in all payments, with one pound weight of pure gold; and so in proportion, as to any greater or less quantities of the respective metals. 7. - 12. That the standard for all gold coins of the United States, shall be eleven parts fine to one part alloy: and accordingly, that eleven parts in twelve, of the entire weight of each of the said coins, shall consist of pure gold, and the remaining one-twelfth part of alloy; and the said alloy shall be composed of silver and copper in such proportions, not exceeding one-half silver, as shall be found convenient; to be regulated by the director of the mint for the time being, With the approbation of the president of the United States, until further provision shall be made by law. And to the end that the necessary information may be had in order to the making of such further provision, it shall be the duty of the director of the mint, at the expiration of a year after commencing the operations of the said mint, to report to congress the practice thereof during the said year, touching the composition of the alloy of the said gold coins, the reasons for such practice, and the experiments and observations which shall have been made concerning the effects of different proportions of silver and copper in the said alloy. 8.- 13. That the standard for all silver coins of the United States, shall be one thousand four hundred and eighty-five parts fine to one hundred and seventy-nine parts alloy; and, accordingly, that one thousand four hundred and eighty-five parts in one thousand six hundred and sixty-four parts, of the entire weight of each of the said coins, shall consist of pure silver, and the remaining one hundred and seventy nine parts of alloy, which alloy shall be wholly of copper. 9. - 2. Act of June 28, 1834, 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story's Laws U.S. 2376. 1. That the gold coins of the United States shall contain the following quantities of metal, that is to say: each eagle shall contain two hundred and thirty-two grains of pure gold, and two hundred and fifty-eight grains of standard gold; each half-eagle, one hundred and sixteen grains of pure gold, and one hundred and twenty-nine grains of standard gold; each quarter eagle shall contain fifty-eight grains of pure gold, and sixty-four and a half grains of standard gold; every such eagle shall be of the value of ten dollars; every such half eagle shall be of the value of five dollars; and every such quarter eagle shall be of the value of two dollars and fifty cents; and the said gold coins shall be receivable in all payments, when of full weight, according to their respective values; and when of less than full weight, at less values, proportioned to their respective actual weights. 10. - 2. That all standard gold or silver deposited for coinage after the thirty-first of July next, shall be paid for in coin under the direction of the secretary of the treasury, within five days from the making of such deposit, deducting from the amount of said deposit of gold and silver, one-half of one per centum: Provided, That no deduction shall be made unless said advance be required by such depositor within forty days. 11. - 3. That all gold coins of the United States, minted anterior to the thirty-first day of July next, shall be receivable in all payments at the rate of ninety-four and eight-tenths of a cent per pennyweight. 12. - 3. Act of January 18, 1837, 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story's Laws U.S. 2524. 9. That of the silver coins, the dollar shall be of the weight of four hundred and twelve and one-half grains; the half dollar of the weight of two hundred and six and one-fourth grains; the quarter dollar of the weight of one hundred and three and one-eighth grains; the dime, or tenth part of a dollar, of the weight of forty-one and a quarter grains; and the half dime, or twentieth part of a dollar, of the weight of twenty grains, and five-eighths of a grain. And that dollars, half dollars, and quarter dollars, dimes and half dimes, shall be legal tenders of payment, according to their nominal value, for any sums whatever. 13. - 10. That of the gold coins, the weight of the eagle shall be two hundred and fifty-eight grains; that of the half eagle, one hundred and twenty-nine grains; and that of the quarter eagle, sixty-four and one-half grain. And that for all sums whatever, the eagle shall be a legal tender of payment for ten dollars; the half eagle for five dollars and the quarter eagle for two and a half dollars. 14.- 11. That the silver coins heretofore issued at the mint of the United States, and the gold coins issued since the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, shall continue to be legal tenders of payment for their nominal values, on the same terms as if they were of the coinage provided for by this act. 15. - 12. That of the copper coins, the weight of the cent shall be one hundred and sixty-eight grains, and the weight of the half cent eighty four grains. And the cent shall be considered of the value of one hundredth part of a dollar, and the half cent of the value of one two-hundredth part of a dollar. 16. - 13. That upon the coins struck at the mint, there shall be the following devices and legends; upon one side of each of said coins, there shall be an impression emblematic of liberty, with an inscription of the word LIBERTY, and the year of the coinage; and upon the reverse of each of the gold and silver coins, there shall be the figure or representation of an eagle, with the inscription United States of America, and a designation of the value of the coin; but on the reverse of the dime and half dime, cent and half cent, the figure of the eagle shall be omitted. 17. - 38. That all acts or parts of acts heretofore passed, relating to the mint and coins of the United States, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. 18. - 4. Act of March 3, 1825, 3 Story's L. U.S. 2005. 20. That, if any person or persons shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any coin, in the resemblance or similitude of the gold or silver coin, which has been, or hereafter may be, coined at the mint of the United States; or in the resemblance or similitude of any foreign gold or silver coin which by law now is, or hereafter may be made current in the United States; or shall pass, utter, publish, or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States, from any foreign place, with intent to pass, utter, publish, or sell, as true, any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeited, with intent to defraud any body politic, or corporate, or any other person or persons, whatsoever; every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding ten years, according to the, aggravation of the offence. 19. - 21. That, if any person or persons shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging or counterfeiting any coin, in the resemblance or similitude of any copper coin, which has been, or hereafter may be, coined at the mint of the United States; or shall pass, utter, publish, or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish or sell, or bring into the United States, from any foreign place, with intent to pass, utter, publish, or sell as true, any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin, with intent to defraud any body politic, or corporate, or any other person or persons whatsoever; every person so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, and confinement, to hard labor, not exceeding three years. See generally, 1 J. J. Marsh. 202; 1 Bibb, 330; 2 Wash. 282; 3 Call, 557; 5 S. & R. 48; 1 Dall. 124; 2 Dana, 298; 3 Conn. 534; 4 Harr. & McHen. 199. 20. - 5. Act of March 3, 1849, Minot's Statutes at Large of U.S. 397. 21. - 1. That there shall be, from time to time, struck and coined at the mint of the United States, and the branches thereof, conformably in all respects to law, (except that on the reverse of the gold dollar the figure of the eagle shall be omitted), and conformably in all respects to the standard for gold coins now established by law, coins of gold of the following denominations and values, viz.: double eagles, each to be of the value of twenty dollars, or units, and gold dollars, each to be of the value of one dollar, or unit. 22. - 2. That, for all sums whatever, the double eagle shall be a legal tender for twenty dollars, and the gold dollar shall be a legal tender for one dollar. 23. - 3. That all laws now in force in relation to the coins of the United States, and the striking and coining the same, shall, so far as applicable, have full force and effect in relation to the coins herein authorized, whether, the said laws are penal or otherwise; and whether they are for preventing counterfeiting or debasement, for protecting the currency, for regulating and guarding the process of striking and coining, and the preparations therefore, or for the security of the coin, or for any other purpose. 24. - 4. That, in adjusting the weights of gold coins henceforward, the following deviations from the standard weight shall not be exceeded in any of the single pieces; namely, in the double eagle, the eagle, and the half eagle, one half of a grain, and in the quarter eagle, and gold dollar, one quarter of a grain; and that, in weighing a large number of pieces together, when delivered from the chief coiner to the treasurer, and from the treasurer to the depositors, the deviation from the standard weight shall not exceed three pennyweights in one thousand double eagles; two pennyweights in one thousand, eagles; one and one half pennyweights in one thousand half eagle; one pennyweight in one thousand quarter eagles; and one half of a pennyweight in one thousand gold dollars. 25. - 6. Act of March 3, 1851. Minot's Statutes at Large, U.S. 591. 26. - 11. That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful to coin at the mint of the United States and its branches, a piece of the denomination and legal value of three cents, or three hundredths of a dollar, to be composed of three-fourths silver and one-fourth copper and to weigh twelve grains and three eighths of a grain; that the said coin shall bear such devices as shall be conspicuously different from those of the other silver coins, and of the gold dollar, but having the inscription United States of America, and its denomination and date; and that it shall be a legal tender in payment of debts for all sums of thirty cents and under. And that no ingots shall be used for the coinage of the three cent pieces herein authorized, of which the quality differs more than five thousandths from the legal standard; and that in adjusting the weight of the said coin, the following deviations from the standard weight shall not be exceeded, namely, one half of a grain in the single piece, and one pennyweight in a thousand pieces. (references) | ||
| Literature | 1: "Taking forth a bowed groat and an old penny bowed he gave it [sic] her."- Coney-catching. (Time, Elizabeth.) 2: Athens, an owl (the bird of wisdom). 3: Boeotia, Bacchus (the vineyard of Greece). 4: Bowed money. Bent coin, given as a pledge of love. 5: Delphos, a dolphin. 6: For the As, the head of Janus on one side, and the prow of a ship on the reverse. 7: Juno is represented on medals with instruments of coinage, as the hammer, anvil, pincers, and die. (See Livy, vii. 28, and Cicero, Dc Divinitate, i. 15.) 8: Macedonia, a buckler (from its love of war). 9: Money Shortly after the Gallic invasion, Lucius Furius built a temple to Juno Moneta (the Monitress) on the spot where the house of Manlius Capitolinus stood. This spot of the Capitol was selected because Manlius was the first man alarmed by the cackling of the sacred geese. This temple was subsequently converted into a mint, and the "ases" there coined were called moncta. 10: Rhodes, the disc of the sun (the Colossus was an image to the sun). 11: Rome had a different impress for each coin: 12: The oldest coin of Greece bore the impress of an ox. Hence a bribe for silence was said to be an "ox on the tongue." Subsequently each province had its own impress: 13: The Quadrans, the head of Hercules and three points to denote three ounces. 14: The Semi-as, the head of Jupiter and the Jetter S. 15: The Sextans, the head of Mercury, and two points to denote two ounces. 16: The Triens, the head of a woman (? Rome or Minerva) and four points to denote four ounces. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| MultiLingual Slang | Swiss German (chiis, chlöib), Danish (dask), German (Flocken, die), Hungarian (lé, lóvé), German (Mäuse, die, Moos, das, Patte, die), Swiss German (schtäi, schtutz). (references) | ||
| Slang | 1: Adjective. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: A unit used to purchase or consume items. Context: Used when referring to things, usually human beings as being very attractive . Social Source: Bend High School Class of 1999-2000 . Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | 2: Adj. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: Another term for good. Context: If something is referred to as money, they are accepting the fact that it's a good thing. Social Source: Theta Chi Fraternity. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | 3: Adjective. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: That something/someone is very cool and approved. Context: Used in almost any situation by the members of the Young Life speech community when describing something that is good. Social Source: Young Life leaders. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | 4: Adjective. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: The term "money" means cool, in terms of determining what is acceptable and what is not. Context: One would use the term to describe something he/she likes, enjoys. Social Source: Swingers. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
| Slang in 1811 | MONEY. A girl's private parts, commonly applied to little children: as, Take care, Miss, or you will show your money. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). (references) | 2: [Noun] 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. (references) | 3: [Noun] A person who funds an operation. (references) | 4: [Noun] An item of value between two parties used for the exchange of goods or services. (references) | 5: [Noun] As a modifier, of or pertaining to money; monetary. money supply, money market. (references) | 6: [Noun] Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks. credit cards, or credit more generally. (references) | 7: [Noun] The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits. (references) | 8: [Noun] Wealth He was born with money. (references) |
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Common Expressions: money
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| A piece of money | A single coin. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Acknowledgment money | In some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. --Cowell. Syn: Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Amount of money | A quantity of money. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Anti Money Laundering | Anti Money Laundering is a term mainly used in the finance and legal industries to describe the legal controls that require financial institutions and other regulated entities to prevent or report money laundering activities. For example, a bank must perform due diligence by having proof of a customer's identity and that the use, source and destination of funds do not involve money laundering. United States federal law related to money laundering is implemented under the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 as amended by anti-money laundering acts up to the present. (references) | ||
| Big money | A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Bill Money | Bill Money is a computer game Producer and Designer. He has worked for Iron Will Games, Ion Storm, Multitude, Dynamix and Looking Glass. His credits include, Ashen Empires, Deus Ex: The Conspiracy, Deus Ex: Invisible War, Fireteam, Driver's Eduction, Front Page Sports: Baseball and Flight Unlimited. (references) | ||
| Blood money | 1: Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | |||
| 3: Paid to a hired murderer. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| 4: A reward for information about a murderer. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| 5: Compensation paid to the family of a murdered person. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Blood money | Blood money is money that has been gained from the death of another. (references) | ||
| Boot money scandal | Boot money has been a phenomenon in amateur sport for centuries. The term "boot money" became popularized in the late 1880's when British football leagues prohibited professionalism, but it was not unusual for players to find half a crown (12-and-a-half pence) in their boots after a game. (references) | ||
| Canadian Money Tracker | Canadian Money Tracker is a website that tracks Canadian paper money — most commonly five dollar bills, but also higher denominations. The website is free and was launched in 1999. The site has a large number of users in Western Canada, especially in Saskatchewan (where nearly 60% of the bills entered into the site originated, as of this writing) and Alberta, but does have regular trackers in every region of the country. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: money
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Abstract money | Finance | As a measure of value, money is an abstract unit even though it may have originated as the weight unit of a precious metal. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| At the money option | Finance | An option purchased by an investor to buy or sell, with a strike price equal to the current market price of the underlying cash or futures contract. In this instance, the intrinsic value of the option is zero. Its value reflects the premium paid for the additional time the holder has to decide whether or not to exercise the option, in especially in times of price volatility. (references) | |
| Barren money | Law | BARREN MONEY, civil law. This term is used to denote money which bears no interest. (references) | |
| Black Money | Literature | 1: Base coin brought to England by foreigners, and prohibited by Edward III. 2: Money paid to a person for giving such evidence as shall lead to the conviction of another; money paid to the next of kin to induce him to forego his "right" of seeking blood for blood; money paid to a person for betraying another, as Judas was paid blood-money for showing the band the place where Jesus might be found. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Blood money | Slang in 1811 | BLOOD MONEY. The reward given by the legislature on the conviction of highwaymen, burglars, &c. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| Broad money | Statistics | As % of GDP; the sum of currency and deposits in the central bank(M0), plus transferable deposits and electronic currency(M1), plus time and savings deposits, foreign currency transferable deposits, certificates of deposit, and securities repurchase agreements(M2), plus travellers checks, foreign currency time deposits, commercial paper, and shares of mutual funds or market funds held by residents. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Call Money | Economics | Money lent by banks on a short term basis which the bank, as lender, can "call" (demand payment at any time, usually on 24 hours notice.). (references) | |
| Call money | Finance | A loan of money against a deposit of securities and the subject of a contract for an undefined period, until cancelled by one of the parties. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Call money | Statistics | 1: The Bank of Finland sets the call money rate within a range determined by the Bank Supervisors in order to balance supply and demand in the market. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| 2: The Call money rates are the rates applied on the Frankfurt market for interbank loans of 24 hours'duration. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
| Call money rate | Finance | The interest rate charged by bank for call loans. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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