pelf
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noun \ˈpelf\Definition of PELF
See Examples of PELF
- <a politician who seems more interested in pelf than in policy>
Origin of PELF
Middle English, from Anglo-French pelfre booty
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to PELF
- Synonyms
- bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, money, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim), tender, wampum
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