Money

mun′i, n. coin: pieces of stamped metal used in commerce: any currency used as the equivalent of money: wealth:— pl. Mon′eys .— ns. Mon′ey-bill , a bill introduced into parliament or congre for raising revenue or otherwise dealing with money; Mon′ey-brok′er , Mon′ey-chang′er , Mon′ey-scriv′ener , a broker who deals in money or exchanges.— adj. Mon′eyed , having money: rich in money: consisting in money.— ns. Mon′eyer , Mon′ier , one who coins money: a master of a mint.— adj. Mon′eyle , having no money.— ns. Mon′ey-mak′er , a coiner of counterfeit money; Mon′ey-mak′ing , act of gaining wealth.— adj. lucrative, profitable.— ns. Mon′ey-mar′ket , the market or field for the investment of money; Mon′ey-or′der , an order for money deposited at one post-office, and payable at another; Mon′ey-spī′der , or -spin′ner , a small spider of family Attidæ , supposed to bring luck; Mon′ey's-worth , something as good as money: full value; Mon′ey-tak′er , one who receives payments of money, esp. at an entrance-door.— Hard money , coin; Pot of money , a large amount of money; Ready money , money paid for a thing at the time at which it is bought: money ready for immediate payment. [O. Fr. moneie (Fr. monnaie )—L. moneta , a mint, Moneta being a surname of Juno, in whose temple at Rome money was coined.]