MONEY COWRIE

Meaning of MONEY COWRIE in English

noun

: a cowrie used as money ; specifically : a yellow-shelled or white-shelled cowrie ( Cypraea moneta ) of the western Pacific and Indian oceans — see cowrie illustration

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

MONEY COWRIE. — See under cowrie . [ 1830-40 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COWRIE — also cowry noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Hindi & Urdu kauṛī Date: 1662 any of various marine gastropods (family Cypraeidae) that …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MONEY — I Commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange. It is the medium in which cost , …
Английский словарь Британика
COWRIE — Any of several marine snail s (genus Cypraea ) found chiefly in coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. …
Английский словарь Британика
MONEY — I. ˈmənē, -ni noun ( plural moneys or monies ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English moneye, from Middle French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COWRIE — I. noun or cow·ry also cou·rie ˈkau̇rē ( plural cowries also couries ) Etymology: Hindi kauṛī, from Sanskrit kaparda, of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COWRIE — (n.) Alt. of Cowry
Английский словарь Webster
COWRIE — (n.) Same as Kauri.
Английский словарь Webster
COWRIE — ( n. ) Same as Kauri.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COWRIE — ( n. ) Alt. of Cowry
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MONEY — — moneyless , adj. /mun"ee/ , n. , pl. moneys, monies , adj. n. 1. any circulating medium of exchange, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COWRIE — /kow"ree/ , n. 1. the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COWRIE — n. type of sea snail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MONEY — I. ˈmə-nē noun ( plural moneys or mon·ies ˈmə-nēz) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English moneye, from Anglo-French moneie, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COWRIE — also cow·ry ˈkau̇-rē ( plural cowries ) Etymology: Hindi & Urdu kauṛī Date: 1662 : any of various marine gastropods …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COWRIE — noun ·same·as kauri. 2. cowrie ·noun ·alt. of cowry.
Webster English vocab
COWRIE — [ 'kaʊ(ə)ri ] (also cowry ) ■ noun ( plural ~s ) a marine gastropod mollusc having a smooth, domed …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MONEY — [mon.ey] n, pl moneys or mon.ies often attrib [ME moneye, fr. MF moneie, fr. L moneta mint, money--more at mint] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COWRIE — [cow.rie] or cow.ry n, pl cowries [Hindi kauri] (1662): any of various marine gastropods (family Cypraeidae) that are widely distributed …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONEY — a commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange. It is the medium in which prices and …
Britannica English vocabulary
COWRIE — any of several marine snails of the subclass Prosobranchia (class Gastropoda) comprising the genus Cypraea, family Cypraeidae. The humped, thick …
Britannica English vocabulary
COWRIE — cowrie, cowry BrE AmE ˈkaʊ ə r i ▷ cowries ˈkaʊ ə r iz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MONEY — / ˈmʌni; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] what you earn by working or selling things, and use to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COWRIE — / ˈkaʊri; NAmE / noun a small shiny shell that was used as money in the past in parts of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONEY — mon ‧ ey S1 W1 /ˈmʌni/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: moneie …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COWRIE — cow ‧ rie /ˈkaʊri/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Hindi ; Origin: kauri ] a small …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MONEY — n. 1 a a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes. b a particular form of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COWRIE — n. (also cowry) (pl. -ies) 1 any gastropod mollusc of the family Cypraeidae, having a smooth glossy and usu. brightly-coloured …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MONEY — n. 1 a a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes. b a particular form of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COWRIE — n. (also cowry) (pl. -ies) 1 any gastropod mollusc of the family Cypraeidae, having a smooth glossy and usu. brightly-coloured …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MONEY — n.1 a a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes. b a particular form of this …
Oxford English vocab
COWRIE — n. (also cowry) (pl. -ies) 1. any gastropod mollusc of the family Cypraeidae, having a smooth glossy and usu. brightly-coloured …
Oxford English vocab
MONEY — ( monies, or moneys) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Money is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONEY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COWRIE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN shell ▪ Because of their symbolic potency cowrie shells were often copied in precious …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MONEY — [noun] [U] - the coins or notes which are used to buy things, or the amount of these that one …
Cambridge English vocab
COWRIE — cowry [noun] [C] - a small sea animal with a soft body, no bone in its back, and a smooth …
Cambridge English vocab
COWRIE — n. Any of several marine snail s (genus Cypraea ) found chiefly in coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COWRIE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
COWRIE — noun Cowrie is used before these nouns: ↑ shell
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MONEY — See ↑ MONEY 1,2,3,6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a lot of money • ↑ be in the money • ↑ big …
Longman Activator English vocab
MONEY
Longman Activator English vocab
MONEY — {v. phr.} To solicit donations for a charity or a specific project. * /Our church is trying to raise the …
Словарь английских идиом
MONEY — â Uncointed money.-It is well known that ancient nations that were without a coinage weighed the precious metals, a practice …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
MONEY — сущ.; ед. только 1) а) деньги for money ≈ за деньги to do smth. for money ≈ делать что-л. за …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COWRIE — сущ. каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии и Африки) n каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MONEY — money.ogg ʹmʌnı n 1. 1> тк. sing деньги paper /soft/ money - бумажные деньги ready money - наличные (деньги) counterfeit …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COWRIE — n 1> зоол. каури ( Cypraea moneta ; моллюск ) 2> раковина каури
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MONEY — money сущ.; ед. только1) а) деньги for money — за деньги to do smth. for money — делать что-л. за …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COWRIE — каури (раковина)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COWRIE — (n) каури; раковина каури
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
COWRIE — n 1) зоол. каури ( Cypraea moneta ; моллюск ) 2) раковина каури
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MONEY — n 1. 1> тк. sing деньги paper /soft/ money - бумажные деньги ready money - наличные (деньги) counterfeit /bad/ money …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MONEY — сущ. ; мн. - moneys, monies 1) а) деньги for money — за деньги to do smth. for money — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MONEY — сущ.; мн. - moneys, monies 1) а) деньги for money — за деньги to do smth. for money — делать что-л. за деньги to borrow …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MONEY — сущ. деньги - accounting money - advance money - amount of money - appropriate money for - appropriate money - asset demand for money - bad money - barren …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
MONEY — 1) деньги, платёжное средство 2) pl денежные суммы 3) pl монетная система валюты 4) ссуда - money at call - …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
MONEY — деньги; денежная сумма money due — денежный долг с наступившим сроком погашения; money had and received — недолжно полученное, недолжно уплаченное; неосновательное …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
MONEY
Англо-Русский Деловой словарь
MONEY — сущ. 1) деньги а) эк. (все, что выполняет функции денег как средства обращения, меры стоимости и средства сбережения) to be pressed for money …
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по финансовым рынкам
MONEY — сущ. 1) деньги а) эк. (все, что выполняет функции денег как средства обращения, меры стоимости и средства сбережения) to be pressed for money …
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по финансовому менеджменту
MONEY — сущ.; ед. только 1) а) деньги for money ≈ за деньги to do smth. for money ≈ делать что-л. за …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COWRIE — сущ. каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии и Африки) n каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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