money

== English == === Alternative forms === monie (archaic) mony (obsolete) munney, munny (eye dialect) === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌni/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌni/, [ˈmʌ̟ni] (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈmʊni/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈmʌne/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈməni/, [mɐniˑ] Rhymes: -ʌni Hyphenation: mon‧ey === Noun === money (usually uncountable, plural monies or moneys) (plural used only in certain senses) A generally accepted means of exchange. A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). (Should we delete(+) this sense?) Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to 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. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:money ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== mint ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === money (comparative more money, superlative most money) (US, slang) Cool; excellent. === References === money on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (cool, excellent): Tony Thorne (2014), “money”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London; […]: Bloomsbury === Further reading === “money”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “money”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “money”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === myeon, yenom == Middle English == === Noun === money alternative form of moneye