money
part of speech
noun (money — uncountable; «monies» is rare and formal)
meaning for a pupil
1) Money is coins and bills (notes) that people use to buy things. tree →
2) Money is also what you have in a bank or on a card, even if you cannot hold it. tree →
3) Money is how much something is worth or how rich a person is. tree →
4) (slang) Money has many slang names: «cash», «dosh», «quid» (UK pound), «buck» (dollar), «bob», «dough», «loot», «moolah». tree →
5) (casual) «On the money» means exactly right; «money's tight» means there is not much; «made of money» means very rich (often said sarcastically). tree →
6) (euphemism) «Short of cash», «a bit stretched», «financially challenged» are soft ways to say poor; «let go to save money» means sacked. tree →
7) (formal) Exams say «funds», «expenditure», «remuneration», «capital», «sum of money» and «monetary amount». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it is silver weighed out as payment, since there were no coins yet. It is used for buying food, for paying debts and for redeeming people. Interpretation: The Torah forbids charging interest to a fellow Israelite who is poor. Tradition reads this as a law of kindness that helps a person in need. In the primary lessons: an amount owned, spent, earned or saved, counted in dollars (or pounds, euros, cents); in everyday life: pocket money, saving, prices, change; phrases «save money», «spend money», «make money», «pocket money», «money box», «waste of money»; in casual talk «got any cash?», «10 bucks», «a fiver», «quid», «dosh»; in rough talk «d'you think I'm made of money?», «total waste of money»; in the exam voice «total expenditure incurred», «available funds», «the monetary sum remaining»
examples
- We know not who put our money in our sacks.' (Torah GEN.43.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. (Torah GEN.43.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase. (Torah LEV.25.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. (Writings 2CH.24.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, have lent them money and corn. (Writings NEH.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price. (Writings LAM.5.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- She had some money and spent 8 dollars. tree →
- How much money does he have left? tree →
- He saved money for 4 weeks. tree →
- They earned money selling lemonade. tree →
- I put my pocket money in my money box. tree →
- Mom paid with a card instead of money. tree →
- Count the money in the jar: 3 dollars and 45 cents. tree →
- Got any cash? I need 2 quid for the bus. tree →
- D'you think I'm made of money? That's 50 bucks! tree →
- Money's a bit tight this month, so no takeaway. tree →
- Given available funds of 20 dollars and an expenditure of 8 dollars, ascertain the monetary sum remaining. tree →
- Money cannot buy friends. tree →
- "I left my money at home." tree →
note
The thing counted, measured in dollars. «spent» takes away, «earned», «saved», «got» add. Trap: «how much money» asks for dollars, not a number of things bought. «Money» is uncountable: «much money», «a lot of money», not «many moneys». Slang: a buck is a dollar, a quid is a pound, a fiver is 5, a tenner is 10. «expenditure» means money spent, «funds» means money you have. Safety: never give money or card numbers to strangers online.
In the corpora
- And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food.
- We know not who put our money in our sacks.'
- And Joseph said: 'Give your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if money fail.'
- but every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
- And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «money» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.