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color of someone's money

color of someone's money noun: someone's ability or willingness to pay; money paid and not merely promised.

Noun

the color of someone's money

  1. Someone's ability or willingness to pay; money paid and not merely promised.
    • Marry come up with such gentlemen! though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 153
    • Sometimes the contractor would lot the work out to some sub-contractor, and he, after the men had worked for a month, would run away, and we should never see the colour of his money.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861

Forms of color of someone's money

alternative formcolour of someone's money

Questions about color of someone's money

What does color of someone's money mean?
Color of someone's money means someone's ability or willingness to pay; money paid and not merely promised.
What part of speech is color of someone's money?
Color of someone's money is a noun.

Words near color of someone's money in the dictionary

  1. color model
  2. color models
  3. color of authority
  4. color of law
  5. color of office
  6. color of someone's money
  7. color of title
  8. color outside the lines
  9. color pencil
  10. color pencils
  11. color photography

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