money
• noun 1 a medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes. 2 wealth. 3 payment or financial gain. 4 (moneys or monies) formal sums of money. — PHRASES for my money informal in my opinion. money for old rope (or money for jam) Brit. informal money or reward earned for little or no effort. money talks proverb wealth gives power and influence to those who possess it. put one’s money where one’s mouth is informal take action to support one’s statements. — ORIGIN Latin moneta ‘mint, money’, originally a title of the goddess Juno, in whose temple in ancient Rome money was minted.
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