money

Syllables: mon·ey/ˈmʌn.i//ˈmʌn.i/

money noun: a generally accepted means of exchange.

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Noun

money (usually uncountable, plural monies or moneys)

(plural, usually) A generally accepted means of exchange.
- I cannot take money that I did not work for.
- Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as money in Western Africa.
(plural, usually) A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
- money supply; money market
(plural, usually) 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.
(plural, usually) The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
(plural, usually) Wealth.
- He was born with money.
- After his marriage, John made a progress through the country with his beautiful Elizabeth, and they purchased towns and villages and lands until he became master of nearly half Rügen, and a very considerable count in the country. His father, old James Dietrich, was made a noble-man, and his...1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 313
(plural, usually) A person, family or class that possesses wealth.
- He was born into money.
- He married money.
(plural, usually) An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
(plural, usually) A person who funds an operation.

Adjective

money (comparative more money, superlative most money)

(US, plural, slang) Cool; excellent.
- Seriously, check out pics on my Flickr. This coat is so money, it doesn’t even know how money it is.2009, Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin, “The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol”, in Twitterature: The World’s Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 34
- But Schilling was great again today. As my younger son would no doubt say, he's so money he doesn't know he's money. Two more like him and never mind the World Series; the Red Sox would be ready for the Super Bowl.2011, Stewart O'Nan, Stephen King, Faithful

Proper noun capitalized: Money

Money (countable and uncountable, plural Moneys)

A surname.
- This point highlights several of John Money's contributions to the field of behavioral science.1991, Eli Coleman, John Money: A Tribute, page xiv
An unincorporated community in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States.
- Money, Mississippi, looks exactly like it sounds. Named in that persistent Southern tradition of irony and with the attendant tradition of nescience, the name becomes slightly sad, a marker of self-conscious ignorance that might as well be embraced because, let’s face it, it isn’t going away.2021, Percival Everett, The Trees, Influx Press (2022), page 11
An unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States.

money meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

money in Hindi

means of exchange and measure of value: पैसा paisā, धन dhan, माल māl
currency: मुद्रा mudrā

money in Tamil

means of exchange and measure of value: பணம் paṇam

money in Marathi

means of exchange and measure of value: पैसा paisā

money in Urdu

means of exchange and measure of value: مال māl, پَیسَہ paisa, پَیسا paisā, دَھن dhan

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money in Bengali: অর্থ ortho, টাকা ṭaka, পয়সা poisa
money in Telugu: డబ్బు ḍabbu
money in Malayalam: പണം paṇaṁ
money in Kannada: ಹಣ haṇa, ದುಡ್ಡು duḍḍu
money in Punjabi: ਪੈਸਾ paisā
money in Gujarati: પૈસા paisā
money in Odia: ପଇସା paisā
money in Sanskrit: धन dhana, अर्थ artha
money in Sinhala: මුදල් mudal
money in Assamese: টকা toka, টকা-পইচা toka-poisa
money in Nepali: मुद्रा mudrā
money in Pashto: پيسې payse
money in Tagalog: salapi
money in Arabic: نُقُود nuqūd, مَال māl, أَمْوَال ʔamwāl, فُلُوس fulūs
money in Malay: wang, duit
money in Indonesian: uang, duit, fulus, kas
money in Persian: پَیْسَه paysa, پول pul, پِیْسِه peyse
money in Thai: เงิน ngən, เงินตรา ngən-dtraa
money in Vietnamese: tiền, đồng, bạc
money in Myanmar: ပိုက်ဆံ puikhcam, ငွေ ngwe, ငွေကြေး ngwe-kre:, ကြေးငွေ kre:ngwe
Dhivehi: ފައިސާ faisā

Examples of money in a sentence

She used to spend money every day on makeup.
We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
At the same time, it is pouring money into cleaning up the country.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
His father, old James Dietrich, was made a noble-man, and his brothers and sisters gentlemen and ladies - for what cannot money do?1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 313:
I grew up in Ballybeg, neither of my working-class parents came from money or went to university, so I was part of a working-class family, I assumed.2023 July 15, Megan Nolan, “‘I grew up on an “estate from hell” but I have no idea what class I am’: novelist Megan Nolan on the conundrum...

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Forms of money

Noun
plural	monies
plural	moneys
alternative pronunciation-spelling	munney
alternative pronunciation-spelling	munny
alternative form (archaic)	monie
alternative form (obsolete)	mony
Adjective
comparative	more money
superlative	most money
Proper noun
plural	Moneys

Plural of money: monies or moneys

Origin of money

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.

* As an English surname, from the noun money. Compare Minter, Monier. * As an Irish surname, variant of Mooney. * As a French surname, variant of Monnet, itself a variant of Monet.

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Questions about money

What does money mean?: Money means a generally accepted means of exchange.
What is money in Hindi?: Money in Hindi is पैसा (paisā), धन (dhan), माल (māl). See Money meaning in Hindi.
How do you use money in a sentence?: She used to spend money every day on makeup.
What part of speech is money?: Money can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce money?: Money is pronounced /ˈmʌn.i/ (UK).
What is the plural of money?: The plural of money is monies.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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