money

noun

ˈmə-nē How to pronounce money (audio)
Definition of moneynext
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 Unusually, adult children can (in rare cases) be liable to pay for parents’ care if the parents run out of money. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 11 Oct. 2026 One new law effective for this year's election allows political parties to contribute money to judicial candidates. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 Bond money collected when patients were arrested for failing to appear in court was turned over to the doctor by court order. — Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026 The lower gas prices are mainly due to the fact that customers are expected to spend more money inside the store, Yahoo Finance reported in June. — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 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
  • Oura might not be under the same pressure to access capital as a cash-burning startup.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The program gives cash to service members who suffer severe injuries.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of cash
Noun
  • The company is run by CEO Huh Kyubum, a former venture capitalist with Union Investment Partners who focused on investing in Korean content.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Jones, a former venture capitalist and fellow Democrat, kept pushing forward a message of generational and pro-working class change in hopes of appealing to younger voters frustrated with both parties.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of capitalist
Noun
  • In 1973, business contracts were started in the then-Soviet Union, where Lauder products became available in hard-currency shops.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • And that can’t be done all in English for a global subscription platform that reaches 190-plus countries (and transacts business in 45 currencies).
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of currency
Noun
  • Oprah Winfrey is many things—a source of wisdom, a business magnate, and a style icon.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Kounalakis holds a master’s in business administration from UC Berkeley and is the daughter of Sacramento real estate magnate Angelo Tsakopolous.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of magnate
Noun
  • The ancient coin is one of many that have surfaced across the United Kingdom.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • For now, the district is a strip mall of low-slung buildings whose tenants include a vape shop, a Filipino restaurant, a coin laundromat, and a cellphone store.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 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
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  • But when compared to everything else going on, the current $229 price tag feels like a drop in the bucket, particularly when most new games for the Playdate only cost a few bucks.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The backstory Capella’s first Thai outpost shares the Chao Phraya Estate, a big-bucks development just downstream from the river’s major transport hub, with the Four Seasons Bangkok.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 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 13 Oct. 2026.

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