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money¹

  • /ˈmʌn.i/ UK
  • /ˈmʌn.i/ US
  • [ˈmɐni] US
  • /ˈmʊn.i/ Northern England
  • /ˈmʌn.e/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ʌni

Where it comes from

From Middle English moneye, moneie, money, borrowed from Anglo-Norman muneie (“money”), from Latin monēta (“money, a place for coining money, coin, mint”), from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome, where a mint was.

In this sense, displaced native Old English feoh, whence English fee. Doublet of mint, ultimately from the same Latin word but through Germanic and Old English, and of manat, through Russian and Azerbaijani or Turkmen.

noun monies · moneys · monie · mony · munney · munny

  1. plural, uncountable, usually, used only in certain senses A generally accepted means of exchange. I cannot take money that I did not work for.
  2. plural, uncountable, usually, used only in certain senses A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). money supply; money market
  3. plural, uncountable, usually, used only in certain senses Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques, credit cards, or credit more generally. You best have some money, cause there ain't no checks or credit here.
  4. plural, uncountable, usually, used only in certain senses The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
  5. plural, uncountable, usually, used only in certain senses Wealth. He was born with money.
  6. plural, uncountable, usually, used only in certain senses A person, family or class that possesses wealth. He was born into money.
  7. plural, uncountable, usually, used only in certain senses An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
  8. plural, uncountable, usually, used only in certain senses A person who funds an operation.

Similar: ackers, bees and honey, blunt, bones, brass, bread, bread and honey, Bugs Bunny, cake, cheddar, cheese, ching, clams, coin, cream, tender, currency, dinero, dosh, dough, feds, fedi, finances, flizz, flow, funding, funds, gravy, gwop, gwolla

adjective more money · most money · monie · mony · munney · munny

  1. US, plural, slang, used only in certain senses Cool; excellent. Seriously, check out pics on my Flickr. This coat is so money, it doesn’t even know how money it is.

Money²

Where it comes from

* As an English surname, from the noun money. Compare Minter, Monier.

* As an Irish surname, variant of Mooney.

* As a French surname, variant of Monnet, itself a variant of Monet.

proper noun Moneys

  1. countable, uncountable A surname. This point highlights several of John Money's contributions to the field of behavioral science.
  2. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. Money, Mississippi, looks exactly like it sounds. Named in that persistent Southern tradition of irony and with the attendant tradition of nescience, the name becomes slightly sad, a marker of self-conscious ignorance that might as well be embraced because, let’s face it, it isn’t going away.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rich, monied, wealthy, affluent, loaded, flush, muni, finance, financing, capital, profit, currency, cash, liquidity, financial, fiscal

noun

Similar: ackers, bees and honey, blunt, bones, brass, bread, bread and honey, Bugs Bunny, cake, cheddar, cheese, ching, clams, coin, cream, tender, currency, dinero, dosh, dough, feds, fedi, finances, flizz, flow, funding, funds, gravy, gwop, gwolla

Translations

Every language

noun means of exchange and measure of value

Españoldinero, cobres, lana, pasta, pisto, plata
한국어돈 don, 금전 geumjeon, 화폐 hwapye
日本語お金 okane, 金 kane, 貨幣 kahei, 金銭 kinsen, マネー manē
中文錢 /钱 qián, 金錢 /金钱 jīnqián, 貨幣 /货币 huòbì
हिन्दीपैसा paisā, धन dhan, माल māl
Kiswahilipesa, shilingi
Portuguêsdinheiro, grana, dindim
Françaisargent
DeutschGeld
Italianodenaro, soldi, moneta, sverza, palanca
Ελληνικάχρήματα chrímata, χρήμα chríma, λεφτά leftá
Românăban
Русскийде́ньги dénʹgi, де́нежки dénežki, деньжа́та denʹžáta, ба́бки bábki, ба́шли bášli, бабло́ babló
Tiếng Việttiền, đồng, bạc
العربيةنُقُود nuqūd, مَال māl, أَمْوَال ʔamwāl, فُلُوس fulūs
עבריתכֶּסֶף késef

noun currency

Españoldinero
한국어돈 don, 화폐 hwapye
日本語お金 okane, 貨幣 kahei
中文貨幣 /货币 huòbì
हिन्दीमुद्रा mudrā
Kiswahilipesa
Portuguêsdinheiro
Françaisargent
DeutschGeld
Italianovaluta
Ελληνικάνόμισμα nómisma
Русскийде́ньги dénʹgi, валю́та valjúta
العربيةنُقُود nuqūd, عُمْلَة ʕumla
עבריתכסף késef

noun hard cash

Españolefectivo, cash, pecunia, guita
한국어현금 hyeon'geum
中文現金 /现金 xiànjīn
Kiswahilipesa
Portuguêsdinheiro
Françaisliquide
DeutschBargeld
Italianocontante, grano, conquibus
Ελληνικάμετρητά metritá
Русскийнали́чные nalíčnyje, нал nal
العربيةنَقْد naqd, نقود
עבריתכסף késef

noun available liquid assets

Kiswahilipesa
Italianoliquido
עבריתכסף késef

noun wealth

한국어부 bu
中文財富 /财富 cáifù
Kiswahilipesa
Portuguêsriqueza
DeutschVermögen, Reichtum
Italianobenestante, ricco, ricchezza
Ελληνικάπλούτος ploútos, λεφτά leftá
Românăban
Русскийбога́тство bogátstvo
العربيةمَال māl
עבריתכסף késef, ממון mamón, עושר ósher

noun item of value used as payment

Kiswahilipesa
Italianomoneta di scambio
Русскийплатёжное сре́дство platjóžnoje srédstvo

noun person who funds an operation

Italianofinanziatore

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@misc{money_2026,
  title = {money},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/money},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}