money

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmʌni/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmʌni/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mun′ē)

Inflections of 'money' (n):
moneys
npl
monies
npl

Collocations for "money"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "money" in context.

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money

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. [paper, real, fake, toy] money
  2. [dirty, good, laundered] money
  3. do you want to make some easy money?
  4. [honestly, well, hard, dubiously] -earned money
  5. [make, earn, pays] good money
  6. [make] [loads, lots, a lot] of money
  7. [steal, pinch, take, withdraw, transfer, save] money
  8. steal money from [a purse, a wallet, the cash register]
  9. transfer money to [a client, a supplier, another account]
  10. [spend, invest, use] your money wisely
  11. [costs, is worth] a lot of money
  12. it is worth the money to [go, try, have]
  13. the [family, student, government] doesn't have a lot of money
  14. have [barely, hardly] any money (left)
  15. there's no money [left, available, to spend]
  16. the [company, business] was in the money
  17. the [company] was running out of money
  18. begging for money on the [bus, subway, street]
  19. need some money for [the bus, cigarettes, lunch]
  20. can I borrow some money?
  21. got our money's worth with the [computer, car, service]
  22. her [forecasts, predictions, answers] were right on the money
  23. money is not [everything, the most important thing] (in life)
  24. money can't buy you [love, happiness, respect, everything]
  25. the money is not important (to me)
  26. it's (not) all about the money
  27. [did, accepted] it for the money
  28. it's money down the drain
  29. it's money for [old rope, nothing]
  30. (the love of) money is the root of all evil
  31. put your money where your mouth is!
  32. [obsessed, led, driven, motivated] by money
  33. [generous, smart, frivolous, mean] with (his) money
  34. a [load, wad, pile, suitcase, stash] of money
n as adj
  1. money laundering
  2. UK: money spiders are lucky
  3. the [car, house, project] is a money drain
'money' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
God - a little - a nose for sth - a tidy sum - abroad - acceptable - addition - advance - advancement - after - all - alleged - amount - apart - arcade - aside - attitude - attractive - awful - badly - bail - bang - bank - barely - bastard - before - beggar - borrow - brain - bribe - burn - buy - cache - careless - cause - cautious - channel - charity - cheap - chisel - chuck - chunk - city - claim - coat - coax - collateral - collect - collected - come

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