money

Definition

A generally accepted means of exchange.

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.

Example Sentences

• "I cannot take money that I did not work for."
• "Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as money in Western Africa."
• "She used to spend money every day on makeup."

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