Slang money
Origin of mazuma
Yiddish mezumon from Classical Hebrew (language) mez?m?nimmazuma
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mazuma
noun
SlangMoney; cash.
Origin of mazuma
Yiddish mazume, mezumen cash from Medieval Hebrew məzummān fixed currency from Mishnaic Hebrew fixed passive participle of zimmēn to arrange, invite from Hebrew zəmān appointed time from Aramaic zəmān, zəman from Akkadian simānu season, time from wasāmu, asāmu to be fitting wsmTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
See also: mazumÄFrom Yiddish מזומן (mezumen, “cash"), from Hebrew מְזוּמָּן (m'zumán, “prepared, ready; cash"), passive present participle of זִימֵּן (zimén, “to prepare, appoint").
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