meaning of money
1. A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc. , coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also, any number of such pieces; coin.
2. Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc. , which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and selling.
3. In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in land, or in stocks; to make, or lose, money.
4. To supply with money.
Related Words
money | money-maker | money-making | moneyage | moneyed | moneyer | moneyless | moneys | moneywort |
