money
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmʌni/, SAMPA: /"mVni/
- IPA: [ˈmʌn.i], [mʌn̩iː]
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- Rhymes: -ʌni
- Hyphenation: mon‧ey
[edit] Etymology
From Old French moneie (French: monnaie), From Latin moneta. From the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome, where a mint was.
[edit] Noun
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money (normally uncountable, but moneys or monies)
- A medium of exchange, always having inherent value. Often is a product that is divisible, so it can be divided into smaller units, and durable, so it does not decompose or degrade. Types of money vary between groups, and a group may use more than one form of money. A product naturally becomes money within a group as the consequence of many transactions, where seller A accepts a good not with the intent to consume or use the good, but with the intent to trade the good for another good; hence the good becomes a popular trading tool, or medium of exchange.
- 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.
- A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.
- Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as money in Western Africa.
- A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
- Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks. credit cards, or credit more generally.
- The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
- Wealth
- He was born with money.
- An item of value between two parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
- A person who funds an operation.
- (as a modifier) Of or pertaining to money; monetary.
- money supply, money market
[edit] Synonyms
- beer tickets, bread, bucks, cake, cash, cheddar, coin, cream, dinars, dosh, dough, ends, folding stuff, greenbacks, jack, legal tender, lolly, moolah, paper, pennies, readies, sheets, shrapnel, 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 Wikisaurus:money
[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from money
[edit] Translations
means of exchange and measure of value
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currency
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cash
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available liquid assets
wealth
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item of value used as payment
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person who funds an operation
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