money

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌn.i/

Reading level: easy

Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
  2. noun wealth reckoned in terms of money
  3. noun the official currency issued by a government or national bank

Etymology

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 Azeri or Turkmen.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
medium of exchange
Narrower (hyponyms)
boodle, shinplaster, token money, fund, appropriation, subsidization

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