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
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
- 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
- Payday is the day pay arrives in the bank, often once a month, so money is usually lowest just before it.
- Many people are paid early in December, before Christmas, so January feels very long with the money already spent.
- Pocket money is a small regular amount given to children to practise choosing, saving and making mistakes with money.
- An inheritance is money or belongings left by someone who has died, as written in their will.
- Living in a home costs money every single month, even when nobody buys anything new.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «money» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.