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[ noun ] the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

Examples

"we tried to collect the money he owed us"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

`` This is one of the major items in the Fulton_County general assistance program '' , the jury said , but the State_Welfare_Department `` has seen_fit to distribute these funds through the welfare departments of all the counties in the state with the exception of Fulton_County , which receives none of_this money .

The Georgia_Legislature will wind_up its 1961 session Monday and head for home - where some of the highway bond money it approved will follow shortly .

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Money for its construction will be sought later_on but in_the_meantime the State_Hospital board can accept gifts and donations of a site .

Cotten construed this as a veiled effort by Parkhouse to help Dallas and other large cities get money which Cotten felt could better be spent providing water for rural Texas .

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Richard_M._Forbes 's Paget , which had what seemed to be a substantial lead in the early stages , tired rapidly nearing the wire and was able to save place money only a head in_front of Glen_T._Hallowell 's Milties_Miss .

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[ noun ] wealth reckoned in terms of money

Examples

: "all his money is in real estate"

Used in print

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

His money was tied_up in a Nassau hotel , an Ohio pottery works , and a detergent for window-washing , and luck had been running against him .

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

He got_in the oil_business out at Odessa and lucked_into some money '' .

Related terms

wealth pile

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[ noun ] the official currency issued by a government or national bank

Examples

"he changed his money into francs"

Related terms

currency sterling

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4641
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