I. ˈmənē, -ni noun
( plural moneys or monies )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English moneye, from Middle French moneie, from Latin moneta mint, coin, money — more at mint
1. : something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
have used gold, copper, wampum, or cattle for money
as
a. : officially coined or stamped metal currency
b. : money of account
a coin worth less than a penny in our money
c. : coinage or negotiable paper issued as legal tender by a recognized authority (as a government)
took some money from her purse to pay him
storekeepers who would accept foreign money
2.
a.
(1) : assets or compensation in the form of or readily convertible to cash : monetary possessions
can lose or make a lot of money in that business
allowed to accept money for their services
: pecuniary gain
do the job for love or money
: pay
gets good money in that job
(2) : property valued in terms of money
died and left all his money to charity
b. : an amount of money
raised the money for the new dormitory
returned the money you lent him
spent all the food money before payday
: price paid
got his money ' s worth
c. : capital dealt in as a commodity to be loaned or invested
this year … mortgage money is much more plentiful
the money supply in the country today
money ' s cheap these days, particularly on the security we'd be able to offer — John Morrison
d. monies or moneys plural : sums of money : funds
the collection of tax monies
the servants brawled and stole the royal moneys — Life
taking interest for moneys lent — G.G.Coulton
3.
a. : a particular form or denomination of coin or paper money — usually used in plural
copying the patterns of the moneys … current at the time of the Roman evacuation — John Craig
b. : a monetary value (as the silver dollar, pound sterling) taken as the basis of a system of monetary units
4.
a. : the group receiving prize money in a contest ; specifically : the group finishing first, second, or third in a horse or dog race — used especially in the phrase in the money or out of the money
b. : prize money — usually used with first, second, or third
his horse took third money
5. : persons or interests possessing or controlling great wealth regarded as a group or class : moneyed people
there's a lot of money in that town
politicians at the beck and call of money
•
- for money
- for one's money
- in the money
- money for jam
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II. transitive verb
( moneyed ; moneyed ; moneying ; moneys )
1. : coin
2. : to convert into money by sale
3. : to supply with money
III. noun
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- on the money
IV. ˈmənē, -ni adjective
: being, involving, or reliable in a crucial situation
a money situation
a money player
his money pitch