| money | |
| 1. n. A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply. | |
| 2. n. A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value. | |
| Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as money in Western Africa. | |
| 3. n. A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). | |
| money supply; money market | |
| 4. n. Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally. | |
| 5. n. The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits. | |
| 6. n. Wealth. | |
| He was born with money. | |
| 7. n. An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services. | |
| 8. n. A person who funds an operation. | |
