money

noun

ˈmə-nē 
Definition of money
1
as in cash
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment are you sure you have enough money to buy all that?

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2
as in fat cat
a wealthy person she had always planned to marry money

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Recent Examples of money The paparazzi, fans, money and endless opportunities entice me. — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Good Good, which makes most of its money off of merch sales, has quickly become one of the top brands in golf. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026 Each year, Atlanta Habitat for Humanity's Women's Build raises money and brings women volunteers together to construct a home from the ground up. — Monique John, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 All along, Wall has argued that taxpayers are entitled to see how district money is being spent in the name of transparency. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for money
Recent Examples of Synonyms for money
  1. cash
  2. capitalist
  3. currency
  4. magnate
  5. coin
  6. silk stocking
  7. bucks
  8. fat cat
Noun
  • The winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000 from Artemis Rising Foundation.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Offer is nontransferable, subject to availability, and has no cash value.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of cash
Noun
  • And yet, liberating writing from the capitalist ethic has its own value.
    — M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But the bond market is already becoming a check on Americans' livelihoods, with the capitalists firmly in charge.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of capitalist
Noun
  • Alpha Binwani Capital's founder Ashwin Binwani said institutional investors remained positioned in carry trades against a basket of G10 currencies, led by the Australian dollar.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The suspect in a 2022 homicide believed there was a large amount of currency hidden in a chicken stand on Foothill Boulevard, but killed a man only to make off with a paltry $110, according to police.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of currency
Noun
  • Sargeant, a Florida oil magnate, had come under fire from Venezuelan opposition figures and US allies for allegedly propping up Maduro.
    — Fabiola Zerpa, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Ryan Reynolds is already something of a modern-day Renaissance man, being a highly successful actor, billionaire business mogul, and global soccer magnate.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of magnate
Noun
  • The study said the object, which left a greenish discoloration on her palate, was unlikely to be a coin, as the proportions of copper to gold did not correspond to those found in historical alloys.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Assuming 20 million coins in circulation, this would imply that one bitcoin would be priced at approximately $50 million.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of coin
Noun
  • The record also states that the boys were wearing heavy wool coats and silk stockings in the middle of summer in Philly.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • In Girard’s household, at least three women would have mended his silk stockings and other clothes.
    — Emily J. Whitted, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of silk stocking
Noun
  • Most sportsmen wonder how any whitetail bucks, let alone a brute such as Kontras’, could have been so easily patterned.
    — Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Pole dancers bookend him and are showered with Usher bucks, his prop cash.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of bucks
Noun
  • His fat cat industrialist Zsa-Zsa Korda is no underground rebel.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The fat cats in Congress who’ve been making a killing on Wall Street were none too pleased.
    — Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of fat cat

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“Money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/money. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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