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muni

muni noun: a municipal bond. Also the clipping of municycling.

Noun (1)

muni (plural munis)

  1. (colloquial) A municipal bond.
    • I invested half of my savings in a muni fund.
  2. (colloquial) A facility operated by a municipal government, such as a golf course or train line.
    • We usually play at a muni.
  3. (colloquial) The municipal government / municipality

Noun (2)

muni (plural munis)

  1. (Jainism, colloquial) A holy man; a noble one; a sage or ascetic.
    • Disguising himself, he ventured into the countryside, where he spied a muni meditating beneath a plane tree.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XVII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 158

Also used as

muni is also the clipping of municycling.

muni is also the clipping of municycle.

Forms of muni

Noun
pluralmunis
pluralmuni's
alternative formMUni
Verb
third-person singular presentmunis
third-person singular presentmuni's
present participlemuni'ing
past participlemuni'd
pastmuni'd
past participlemuni'ed
pastmuni'ed

Origin of muni

Clipping of municipal.

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुनि (muni).

Clipping of municycling or municycle.

Words formed from muni

Phrases with muni

Questions about muni

What does muni mean?
Muni means a municipal bond.
What part of speech is muni?
Muni is a noun.
What is the plural of muni?
The plural of muni is munis.

Words near muni in the dictionary

  1. mungubas
  2. Munguia
  3. Munguias
  4. mungy
  5. Mungyamba
  6. muni
  7. muni's
  8. munia
  9. munias
  10. munic
  11. Munich

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