Money | Mean of money in English Dictionary

/ˈmʌni/

• Noun
• something (such as coins or bills) used as a way to pay for goods and services and to pay people for their work
1. Dinner cost a lot of money last night. = We were charged a lot of money for dinner last night.
2. a sum of money
3. That painting must be worth a lot of money.
4. She's been making a lot of money in her new job. = (informal) She's been making big/good money in her new job.
5. He earned some money last summer as a musician.
6. We're trying to save enough money for a new car.
7. The town is raising money for the elementary school.
8. Friends would always ask her for money.
9. It's an interesting idea, but there's no money in it: it'll never sell.
10. The club made money [=earned money; made a profit] by selling advertisements in the newsletter.
11. She knew she could make money [=earn a profit] on the deal. = She knew there was money to be made from/on the deal.
12. When they take a vacation, money is no object. [=they are not concerned about the price of things] They always stay at the most expensive places.
• a person's wealth
1. He made his money in the insurance business.
2. He lost his money on foolish investments. = He threw all his money away on foolish investments.
3. They decided to put all their money in the stock market.
4. We didn't have much money when I was growing up.
5. She comes from money. [=her family is rich]
6. She married into money. [=she married a wealthy man]
• amounts of money
1. Most of the project is being paid for by federal monies.
2. All monies received will be deposited in a special account.

• in my opinion
1. This book is, for my money, her best novel yet. [=I think this is her best novel yet]
2. For my money, nothing beats a juicy peach on a hot summer day.
• among the top three finishers in a race (such as a horse race)
1. Whatever horse I bet on, it never finishes in the money.
• having lots of money
1. They struggled for many years but now they're in the money.
• having a lot of money
1. Do I look like I'm made of money?
2. Stop asking your father for a bigger allowance. He's not made of money, you know!
• money that is easily earned or gotten
• a large amount of money to spend
1. expensive cars for people with money to burn
• exactly right or accurate
1. His prediction that it would rain was (right) on the money.
• to bet on (something or someone)
1. Everyone there put their money on the underdog.
2. “Do you think he'll win?” “I'd put money on it.”
3. It's going to rain tomorrow. I'd put money on it.
• to give or spend money or take some action in order to do or support something that you have been talking about
1. It's time for the mayor to put his money where his mouth is and increase funding for schools.
• to spend money in a foolish or careless way
1. He really throws (his) money around.
• to try to solve (a problem) by spending a large amount of money on it without giving enough thought to exactly what should be done
1. The flaws in our school system will never be fixed as long as the government continues to just throw money at the problem.
• as much as you deserve because of the money you paid or the effort you made
1. His new movie gives his fans their money's worth. [=his new movie is good and is worth the money that his fans pay to see it]
2. The people who showed up for the concert certainly got their money's worth.
3. He insisted on staying until the end of the show so that he could get his money's worth.