[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/money.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / money [← M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/M/) # money «money» in Mova's school dictionary: **coins and bills (notes) that people use to buy things** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#m1) 2) Money is also what you have in a bank or on a card, even if you cannot hold it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#m2) 3) Money is how much something is worth or how rich a person is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#m3) 4) (slang) Money has many slang names: «cash», «dosh», «quid» (UK pound), «buck» (dollar), «bob», «dough», «loot», «moolah». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#m4) 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#m5) 6) (euphemism) «Short of cash», «a bit stretched», «financially challenged» are soft ways to say poor; «let go to save money» means sacked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#m6) 7) (formal) Exams say «funds», «expenditure», «remuneration», «capital», «sum of money» and «monetary amount». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#m7) ### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x1) - How much money does he have left? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x2) - He saved money for 4 weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x3) - They earned money selling lemonade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x4) - I put my pocket money in my money box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x5) - Mom paid with a card instead of money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x6) - Count the money in the jar: 3 dollars and 45 cents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x7) - Got any cash? I need 2 quid for the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x8) - D'you think I'm made of money? That's 50 bucks! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x9) - Money's a bit tight this month, so no takeaway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x10) - Given available funds of 20 dollars and an expenditure of 8 dollars, ascertain the monetary sum remaining. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x11) - Money cannot buy friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x12) - "I left my money at home." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/#x13) ### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/6/) - [Many people are paid early in December, before Christmas, so January feels very long with the money already spent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/7/) - [Pocket money is a small regular amount given to children to practise choosing, saving and making mistakes with money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/8/) - [An inheritance is money or belongings left by someone who has died, as written in their will.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/13/) - [Living in a home costs money every single month, even when nobody buys anything new.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/0/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «money» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/money/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.