Added 1 October 2026
money
/ˈmʌn.i/ noun
In Latin: pecūnia Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about money at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A generally accepted means of exchange.
I cannot take money that I did not work for.
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A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). (Can we clean up this sense?)
money supply; money market
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Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques, credit cards, or credit more generally.
You best have some money, cause there ain't no checks or credit here.
adjective
Origin
From Middle English moneye, moneie, money, borrowed from Anglo-Norman muneie (“money”), from Latin monēta (“money, a place for coining money, coin, mint”), from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome, where a mint was. In this sense, displaced native Old English feoh, whence English fee. Doublet of mint, ultimately from the same Latin word but through Germanic and Old English, and of manat, through Russian and Azerbaijani or Turkmen.
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