# money

Pronunciation: say "MUN-ee" /ˈmʌni/

## Noun

1. The funds that a person, family, or organization has available, such as cash and bank deposits.
   - Simple: The cash and savings that a person or group has to spend.
   - _After the lawsuit, the company's money was nearly gone, though it still owned valuable buildings and equipment._
   - _She tracks her money in a budgeting app that links to her checking account._
2. Coins, banknotes, and other accepted means of payment, including the currency a state issues.
   - Simple: The coins, notes, and other things people use to pay for what they buy.
   - _For centuries, silver coins circulated as money across the Mediterranean world._
   - _Once a community adopts money, complicated barter arrangements become unnecessary._
3. Physical cash (banknotes and coins) as distinct from checks, credit cards, or other forms of credit.
   - Simple: Bills and coins that you can hold in your hand, not checks or cards.
   - _I rarely carry money these days; everything goes on my phone or a card._
   - _He handed the babysitter her money in tens and twenties rather than writing a check._
4. A wealthy person or family, or the rich considered as a social class.
   - Simple: Rich people, or a rich family or group.
   - _Old money looks down on the flashy new mansions across the lake._
   - _He didn't love her, the gossips said. He married money._
6. A person who provides the funding for an operation or venture.
   - Simple: The person who pays for a plan, business, or show.
   - _The director handles the creative side; his partner is the money._
   - _Investors stayed quiet on set, but everyone knew who the money was._
7. Wealth taken all together and measured by its value, counting property and investments, not just cash.
   - Simple: How rich someone is, counting everything they own that is worth something, not just cash.
   - _Much of the senator's money is tied up in land and stocks, so he has surprisingly little cash on hand._
   - _The town's oldest families have had money for generations, and it shows in their land and their portfolios._

## Adjective

5. Excellent, impressive, or effortlessly cool. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: Really good, cool, or impressive.
   - _That taco place downtown is money: best food in the neighborhood._
   - _His jump shot was money all night, dropping in from everywhere on the court._

## Origin

Latin monēta ("money, mint, coin") took its name from a temple in Rome dedicated to Juno Moneta, which had a mint attached to it. The word was borrowed into Middle English as moneye by way of Anglo-Norman muneie. "Mint" and "manat" come from the same Latin word along other paths, making them doublets.

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