# greed

Pronunciation: say "GREED" US /ɡɹid/, UK /ɡɹiːd/

## Noun

1. Wanting more than is needed or deserved in a selfish or excessive way, especially where money, wealth, food, or other possessions are concerned.
   - Simple: A strong, selfish wish for more than you need or deserve, especially money, food, or things.
   - _Investigators blamed the bank's collapse on executive greed and lax oversight._
   - _She ate the last three cookies out of pure greed, not hunger._

## Verb

2. To want something greedily, or to act greedily in order to get it.
   - Simple: To want something in a greedy way, or to do greedy things to get it.

## Origin

A back-formation from greedy, first found around 1600.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/greed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).