noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big
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There is big ~ in golf for the top players.
▪ easy
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He started stealing as a way of making easy ~.
▪ bonus , extra
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Whenever I have a little extra ~, I buy clothes.
▪ hard-earned
▪ federal ( AmE ), government , public , taxpayers'
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Is this a good way to spend taxpayers' ~?
▪ private
▪ corporate
▪ pin , pocket ( esp. BrE ), spending
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Did your parents give you pocket ~ when you were little?
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I don't know how much spending ~ to take on honeymoon.
▪ gas ( AmE ), lunch , petrol ( BrE ), rent
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She gave him $5 lunch ~.
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He spent their rent ~ on beer.
▪ bail
▪ prize
▪ grant , scholarship
▪ sponsorship
▪ borrowed , stolen
▪ dirty
▪ bribe , ransom
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They demanded $1 million in ransom ~.
▪ hush , protection
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The company paid hush ~ to the victims to keep them quiet.
▪ soft ( AmE )
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He contributed $180 000 in soft ~ (= unregulated political donations) to the party committee.
▪ pension , retirement
▪ seed
▪ oil
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The new airport terminal was built with oil ~.
▪ paper
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The collection box was full of coins and paper ~.
▪ counterfeit , fake ( esp. AmE )
▪ Monopoly , play ( esp. AmE )
… OF MONEY
▪ amount , sum
▪
the large sums of ~ we handle in this store
VERB + MONEY
▪ have
▪
I don't have any ~ left.
▪ coin , print
▪ count , count out
▪ borrow , bring in , collect , earn , get , make , raise , receive
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He hoped the plan would bring in quite a bit of ~.
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Some people were in the street collecting ~ for charity.
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How much ~ did he earn last year?
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I'll have to get some more ~ from somewhere.
▪ bank , deposit , pay in , pay into the bank , put in the bank , put into the bank
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The stallholders bank their ~ at the end of the day.
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I need to pay this ~ in today.
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I pay my ~ into the bank as soon as I get paid.
▪ draw out , get out , take out , withdraw
▪ divert , move , transfer
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The ~ was transferred into an offshore bank account.
▪ pay out , shell out , spend
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I spent all the ~ on clothes.
▪ fritter away , lose , squander , throw away , waste
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She lost a lot of ~ at the casino.
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He squandered his ~ on gambling.
▪ run out of
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We ran out of ~ and had to come home early.
▪ be careful with , hoard , save , set aside , stash away
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an old miser who hoarded his ~
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We're trying to set some ~ aside for a new car.
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She stashed the ~ away in the bank.
▪ invest , tie up
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They sensibly invested their prize ~ rather than spending it.
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All their ~ was tied up in long-term investments.
▪ pour , pump , put , sink
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Investors were pouring ~ into Internet start-ups.
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He sank most of his ~ into his struggling business.
▪ contribute , donate , give sb , lend sb , loan sb ( esp. AmE ), pay (sb) , provide (sb with) , put up
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Half the ~ raised was donated to charity.
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He managed to persuade his friend to put up the ~ for the venture.
▪ give (sb) back , pay (sb) back , refund (sb) , repay (sb)
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I'll pay the ~ back next week, I promise.
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The manager was unwilling to refund my ~.
▪ owe (sb)
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They owe lots of people ~.
▪ pool , share
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The friends pooled their ~ to buy tickets.
▪ accept , take
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I don't think they'll accept Mexican ~ on the plane.
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The stores were very happy to take his ~.
▪ cost
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These cars cost a lot of ~.
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All these improvements will cost ~.
▪ be worth
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That painting is worth a lot of ~.
▪ change , exchange
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We changed our ~ into dollars at the airport.
▪ allocate , earmark
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The quality of public health care depends on the amount of ~ allocated to it.
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This ~ has been earmarked for public projects.
▪ channel , direct , funnel ( AmE )
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Some of this ~ was funneled to secret CIA programs.
▪ embezzle , extort , siphon off , steal
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Government officials were siphoning off ~ for personal gain.
▪ launder
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He was charged with laundering ~.
MONEY + VERB
▪ come from sth
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Money for the extension to the gallery came from the sale of old exhibits.
▪ go (on sth) , go to
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I don't know where all the ~ goes!
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All his ~ went on women.
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Most of the ~ went to pay for food.
▪ come in , flow in , pour in , pour into sth
▪
She had two children to support and no ~ coming in.
▪ buy sth
▪
the best car that ~ can buy
MONEY + NOUN
▪ management
▪ manager
▪
You could consider hiring a professional ~ manager.
▪ problems
▪ laundering
▪ launderer
▪ market
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He made a fortune dealing on the ~ markets.
▪ supply
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The solution to inflation lies in the control of the ~ supply.
▪ box ( esp. BrE )
▪ order ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ for ~
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He'll do anything for ~!
▪ ~ for
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Where's the ~ for the milk?
PHRASES
▪ bet ~ on sth , put ~ on sth
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He's going to leave. I'd bet ~ on it.
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He stopped to put ~ on a horse.
▪ get ~ off sth
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You might get some ~ off the price if it's an old model.
▪ get your money's worth
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The boat trip lasts three hours, so you certainly get your money's worth.
▪ on the ~
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His prediction was right on the ~.
▪ put ~ in sb's pocket
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The Senate recognized the need to put more ~ in the pockets of dairy farmers.
▪ the smart ~ is on sth , the smart ~ says sth
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The smart ~ is on Brazil to win.
▪ take ~ off sth
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He felt sorry for her and took some ~ off her bill.
▪ throw ~ at sth
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They tend to throw ~ at problems without trying to work out the best solution.
▪ throw your ~ around
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He thinks he can make friends by throwing his ~ around.
▪ value for ~
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The hotel gives value for ~.