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English

Alternative forms

• monie (archaic)
• mony (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English money, moneie, moneye, borrowed from Old French moneie (“money”), from Latin mon?ta (“money, a place for coining money, coin, mint”), from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome, where a mint was. Displaced native Middle English schat (“money, treasure”) (from Old English s?eatt (“money, treasure, coin”)), Middle English feoh (“money, property”) (from Old English feoh (“money, property, cattle”), whence English fee). Doublet of mint, ultimately from the same Latin word but through Germanic and Old English, and of manat, through Russian and Azeri or Turkmen.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?ni/, [?m?ni]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni
• Hyphenation: mon?ey

Noun

money (usually uncountable, plural monies or moneys) (plural used only in certain senses)

1. A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.
2. A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.

3. A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).

4. Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.
5. The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
6. Wealth; a person, family or class that possesses wealth

7. An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
8. A person who funds an operation.

Synonyms

• beer tickets, bread, bucks, cake, cash, cheddar, coin, cream, currency, dinars, dosh, dough, ducats, folding stuff, funds, geld, gelt, greenbacks, jack, legal tender, lolly, means, moolah, lucre, paper, pennies, readies, sheets, shrapnel, simoleons, spends, spondulicks, sterling, wonga
• (generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value):
• (currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value):
• (hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins):
• See also Thesaurus:money

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• mint

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: moni

Translations

Further reading

• money in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• money in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• money at OneLook Dictionary Search

References

• money on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• myeon, yenom

Middle English

Alternative forms

• moneie, moneye, monye, monaye, monee, moonay, mone, monnoye, monoye, monnoy, monny, mony, monney, monay, monoie, monie

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French moneie, from Latin mon?ta; doublet of mynt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?n?i?(?)/, /?mun?i?(?)/

Noun

money (uncountable)

1. money, currency
2. coinage, coin
3. wealth, fortune
4. bribe (immoral earnings)

Derived terms

• moneyles
• moneyour
• moneyen
• money-worthe
• monymaker

Descendants

• English: money
• Scots: money
• Yola: monie

References

• “monei(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?lf?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?lf?n/

Etymology 1

From Middle English dolfin, from Old French daulphin, dalphin, daufin, from Latin delph?nus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (delphís), from ?????? (delphús, “womb”). Compare Swedish delfin. Doublet of dauphin. Displaced native mereswine (“dolphin or porpoise”), from Old English meresw?n (literally “sea pig”).

Noun

dolphin (plural dolphins)

1. A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.

   Synonyms: mereswine, sea goose, sea pig

2. A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
3. (heraldry) A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
4. The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
5. (historical) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
6. (nautical) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
7. (nautical) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
8. A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
9. A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ham. Nav. Encyc to this entry?)

10. (military, obsolete) One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• killer whale
• mereswine
• pod
• porpoise
• sea lion
• seal
• whale

Etymology 2

Ultimately from 3rd Duke of Alba (duc-d'Albe in French), who was the first to build this type of structure in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century. Possibly from Dutch dukdalf, or the plural dukdalven, through elision of the initial duk-.

Noun

dolphin (plural dolphins)

1. (nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.

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References

Anagrams

• pinhold