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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

Etymology 1

Probably derived from the Danish penge (“money”).

Noun

pingas (uncountable)

1. (New Zealand, slang) money

Usage notes

Prevalent in communities with a high percentage of native New Zealanders (Maori), though not restricted to them, and generally used by the lower socio-economic groups. Particularly common in the parts of the lower North Island heavily settled by Scandinavians.

Etymology 2

From pingers.

Noun

pingas

1. (Australia, slang) MDMA; ecstasy.

Etymology 3

From an Internet meme and YouTube Poop sample from a line in the television series Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog spoken by the character Dr. Robotnik ("Snooping as usual, I see!").

Noun

pingas (plural pingases)

1. (Internet slang, dated) A penis.

Anagrams

• apings

Latin

Verb

ping?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of ping?

Maranao

Noun

pingas

1. cliff

   Synonyms: pampang, pimping

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Portuguese

Noun

pingas f pl

1. plural of pinga

Verb

pingas

1. second-person singular (tu) present indicative of pingar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pin?as/, [?p??.?as]

Noun

pingas f pl

1. plural of pinga