Send Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college. | | 2. | to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination: to send a letter. | | 3. | to order, direct, compel, or force to go: The president sent troops to Asia. | | 4. | to direct, propel, or deliver to a particular point, position, condition, or direction: to send a punch to the jaw; The punch sent the fighter reeling. | | 5. | to emit, discharge, or utter (usually fol. by off, out, or through): The lion sent a roar through the jungle. | | 6. | to cause to occur or befall: The people beseeched Heaven to send peace to their war-torn village. | | 7. | Electricity. | a. | to transmit (a signal). | | b. | to transmit (an electromagnetic wave or the like) in the form of pulses. | | | 8. | Slang. to delight or excite: Frank Sinatra's records used to send her. | –verb (used without object) | 9. | to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc. | | 10. | Electricity. to transmit a signal: The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies. | —Verb phrases | 11. | send down, British. to expel, esp. from Oxford or Cambridge. | | 12. | send for, to request the coming or delivery of; summon: If her temperature goes up, send for the doctor. | | 13. | send forth, | a. | to produce; bear; yield: plants sending forth new leaves. | | b. | to dispatch out of a country as an export. | | c. | to issue, as a publication: They have sent forth a report to the stockholders. | | d. | to emit or discharge: The flowers sent forth a sweet odor. | | | 14. | send in, to cause to be dispatched or delivered to a destination: Send in your contest entries to this station. | | 15. | send off, to cause to depart or to be conveyed from oneself; dispatch; dismiss: His teacher sent him off to the principal's office. | | 16. | send out, | b. | to send on the way; dispatch: They sent out their final shipment last week. | | c. | to order delivery: We sent out for coffee. | | | 17. | send up, | a. | to release or cause to go upward; let out. | | b. | Informal. to sentence or send to prison: He was convicted and sent up for life. | | c. | to expose the flaws or foibl
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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 little 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 mone
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