Money Definition–noun | 1. | any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits. |
| 3. | gold, silver, or other metal in pieces of convenient form stamped by public authority and issued as a medium of exchange and measure of value. |
| 4. | any article or substance used as a medium of exchange, measure of wealth, or means of payment, as checks on demand deposit or cowrie. |
| 5. | a particular form or denomination of currency. |
| 7. | capital to be borrowed, loaned, or invested: mortgage money. |
| 8. | an amount or sum of money: Did you bring some money? |
| 9. | wealth considered in terms of money: She was brought up with money. |
| 10. | moneys or monies, Chiefly Law. pecuniary sums. |
| 11. | property considered with reference to its pecuniary value. |
| 12. | pecuniary profit: not for love or money. |
–adjective | 13. | of or pertaining to money. |
| 14. | used for carrying, keeping, or handling money: Have you seen my littl
3d8
e money purse? |
| 15. | of or pertaining to capital or finance: the money business. |
—Idioms| 16. | for one's money, Informal. with respect to one's opinion, choice, or wish: For my money, there's nothing to be gained by waiting. |
| 17. | in the money, Informal. | a. | having a great deal of money; affluent: You can see he's in the money by all those clothes he buys. |
| b. | first, second, or third place in a contest, esp. a horse or dog race. |
|
| 18. | make money, to make a profit or become rich: You'll never make money as a poet. |
| 19. | on the money, Informal. | a. | at just the exact spot or time; on target: The space shuttle landed on the money at 9:55 a.m. |
| b. | exhibiting or done with great accuracy or expertise: His weather forecasts are always on the money. |
Also, right on the money. |
| 20. | put one's money where one's mouth is, Informal. to prove the truth of one's words by actions or other evidence; demonstrate one's sincerity or integrity: Instead of bragging about your beautiful house, put your money where your mouth is and invite us over to see it. |
|
From Dictionary
Related topics from Britannicamoney
a commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange. It is the medium in which prices and values are expressed; as currency, it circulates anonymously from person to person and ...
blood money
compensation paid by an offender (usually a murderer) or his kin group to the kin group of the victim. In many societies blood money functions to prevent the continuation of hostilities in the form ...
money order
order on the issuer to pay a certain sum of money upon demand to the person named in the money order. Money orders provide a means of safe, fast, and convenient transmission of small sums of money. ...
money supply
the liquid assets held by individuals and banks. The money supply includes coin, currency, and demand deposits (checking accounts). Some economists consider time and savings deposits to be part of ...
money market
a set of institutions, conventions, and practices, the aim of which is to facilitate the lending and borrowing of money on a short-term basis. The money market is, therefore, different from the ...
ship money
in British history, a nonparliamentary tax first levied in medieval times by the English crown on coastal cities and counties for naval defense in time of war. It required those being taxed to ...
Money, John
American psychologist (b. July 8, 1921, Morrinsville, N.Z.-d. July 7, 2006, Towson, Md.), helped pioneer the study of sexual identity, coining the terms gender role and gender identity and ...
quantity theory of money
economic theory relating changes in the price levels to changes in the quantity of money. In its developed form, it constitutes an analysis of the factors underlying inflation and deflation. As ...
scutage
(scutage from Latin scutum, "shield"), in feudal law, payment made by a knight to commute the military service that he owed his lord. A lord might accept from his vassal a sum of money (or something ...
yuan
monetary unit of China. The yuan is divided into 100 fen and 10 jiao. The People's Bank of China has exclusive authority to issue currency. Banknotes are issued in denominations from 1 fen to 100 ...
|
Related topics from Technorati |
|
|
|
