English > money: 3 senses > noun 1, possession| Meaning | The most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender. |
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| Example | "we tried to collect the money he owed us" |
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| Part of | money supply | The total stock of money in the economy |
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| Narrower | appropriation | money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose |
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| boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum | informal terms for money |
| fund, monetary fund | A reserve of money set aside for some purpose |
| shinplaster | paper money of little value issued on insufficient security |
| subsidization, subsidisation | money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy |
| token money | coins of regular issue whose face value is greater than their intrinsic value |
| Broader | medium of exchange, monetary system | Anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region |
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| Spanish | dinero, divisa |
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| Catalan | diner, diners |
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| Adjectives | monetary, pecuniary | relating to or involving money |
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| Nouns | moneyer | a skilled worker who coins or stamps money |
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