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Money is currency used to buy goods and services or having a lot of wealth.

(noun)

An example of money is a dollar bill.
An example of money is what a person has if they are a millionaire.

See money in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. moneys or monies

1. standard pieces of gold, silver, copper, nickel, etc., stamped by government authority and used as a medium of exchange and measure of value; coin or coins
  also called hard money
2. any paper note issued by a government or an authorized bank and used in the same way; bank notes; bills
  also called paper money
any substance or article used as money, as bank notes, checks, etc.
any definite or indefinite sum of money
property; possessions; wealth
very wealthy persons or groups
any form or denomination of legally current money
money of account
money won as a prize
sums of money

Origin: OFr moneie < L moneta, a mint

Related Forms:

moneyless adjective

See money in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. mon·eys or mon·ies

A medium that can be exchanged for goods and services and is used as a measure of their values on the market, including among its forms a commodity such as gold, an officially issued coin or note, or a deposit in a checking account or other readily liquefiable account.
The official currency, coins, and negotiable paper notes issued by a government.
Assets and property considered in terms of monetary value; wealth.
a. Pecuniary profit or loss: He made money on the sale of his properties.
b. One's salary; pay: It was a terrible job, but the money was good.
An amount of cash or credit: raised the money for the new playground.
Sums of money, especially of a specified nature. Often used in the plural: state tax moneys; monies set aside for research and development.
A wealthy person, family, or group: to come from old money; to marry into money.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English moneie

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin monēta, mint, coinage

Origin: , from Monēta, epithet of Juno, temple of Juno of Rome where money was coined

See money in Ologies

Money

agiotage

the business of buying and selling the curreneies of various countries by taking advantage of differences in rates of exchange. —agio, n.

anatocism

the act of lending with interest.

aphnology

Rare. the science of wealth.

arbitrage

the business of buying and selling securities, curreneies, and commodities on an international scale so as to take advantage of differences in rates of exchange and prices. —arbitrager, arbitrageur, n.

bimetallism

the use of two metals jointly as a monetary Standard with fixed values in relation to one another. —bimetallist, n. —bimetallistic, adj.

bullionism

the doctrine that paper money should at all times be convertible into bullion. —bullionist, n.

cambism, cambistry

the theory and practice of money exchange as an item of commerce, especially in its international features. —cambist, n.

chrematist

a person whose chief goal in life is the gaining of wealth. —chrematistic, adj.

chrematistics

1. the study of wealth.

2. any theory of wealth as measured in money. —chrematistic, adj.

chrematomania

a mania for money.

chrematophobia

an abnormal fear or dislike of money.

cresomania

a mania for great wealth.

gombeenism

Irish. the lending of money at usurious interest. —gombeen, gombeenman, n.

mammonism

the greedy pursuit of riches.

metallism

a doctrine advocating the use of metal money instead of paper. —metallist, metalist, n.

monetarism

an economie theory maintaining that stability and growth in the economy are dependent on a steady growth rate in the supply of money. —monetarist, n., adj.

moneyocracy

government or domination of society by the rich.

monometallism

1. the use of only one metal, usually gold or silver, as a monetary Standard.

2. the use of only one metal for coinage. —monometallist, n.

nabobism

the lifestyle of a nabob, i.e., of one possessing considerable wealth.

plutolatry

an excessive devotion to wealth.

plutology

Economics. the scientific study or theory of wealth.

plutomania