Thesaurus results for PELF

pelf

noun

ˈpelf

Definition of pelf

as in money

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 a politician who seems more interested in pelf than in policy

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Recent Examples of pelf Thomasine and Bushrod join up (as sheriffs relate) and share their pelf with Mexicans, Native Americans, other Black people, and poor white people. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 May 2022

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Noun

The source expressed optimism that the military money would come through but cautioned that it neither had been secured nor guaranteed.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2026
What if suddenly the family needed something from the nanny that money couldn’t simply buy?

— Annika Pham, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of money

Noun

Account holders can generally save their money in cash and invest funds within the accounts, similar to a retirement account like a 401(k).

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
In 2004, the Pentagon hosted a contest that promised a cash prize to the winner of a driverless race through the desert.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of cash

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

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

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

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