Definition of MONEY

money

Meanings

Plural: moneys, monies

Noun

  • the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
    • "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
  • wealth reckoned in terms of money
    • "all his money is in real estate"
  • the official currency issued by a government or national bank
    • "he changed his money into francs"
  • A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.
  • A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.
  • A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
  • Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.
  • The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
  • Wealth; a person, family or class that possesses wealth.
  • An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
  • A person who funds an operation.

Adj

  • Cool; excellent.

Origin / Etymology

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 Azeri or Turkmen.

Scrabble Score: 10

money is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
money is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
money is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

money is a valid Words With Friends word