(n.) A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also, any number of such pieces; coin.
(n.) Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and selling.
(n.) In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in land, or in stocks; to make, or lose, money.
(v. t.) To supply with money.
Example Sentences:
(1) Richard Bull Woodbridge, Suffolk • Why does Britain need Chinese money to build a new atomic generator ( Letters , 20 October)?
(2) However, used effectively, credit can help you to make the most of your money - so long as you are careful!
(3) Madrid now hopes that a growing clamour for future rescues of Europe's banks to be done directly, without money going via governments, may still allow it to avoid accepting loans that would add to an already fast-growing national debt.
(4) Adding a layer of private pensions, it was thought, does not involve Government mechanisms and keeps the money in the private sector.
(5) We could do with similar action to cut out botnets and spam, but there aren't any big-money lobbyists coming to Mandelson pleading loss of business through those.
(6) I hope they fight for the money to make their jobs worth doing, because it's only with the money (a drop in the ocean though it may be) that they'll be able to do anything.
(7) More evil than Clocky , the alarm clock that rolls away when you reach out to silence it, or the Puzzle Alarm , which makes you complete a simple puzzle before it'll go quiet, the Money Shredding Alarm Clock methodically destroys your cash unless you rouse yourself.
(8) A good example is Apple TV: Can it possibly generate real money at $100 a puck?
(9) The London Olympics delivered its undeniable panache by throwing a large amount of money at a small number of people who were set a simple goal.
(10) It just means there won't be any money when another child is in need.
(11) There were soon tales of claimants dying after having had money withdrawn, but the real administrative problem was the explosion of appeals, which very often succeeded because many medical problems were being routinely ignored at the earlier stage.
(12) The headteacher of the school featured in the reality television series Educating Essex has described using his own money to buy a winter coat for a boy whose parents could not afford one, in a symptom of an escalating economic crisis that has seen the number of pupils in the area taking home food parcels triple in a year.
(13) For me, it would be to protect the young and vulnerable, to reduce crime, to improve health, to promote security and development, to provide good value for money and to protect.
(14) But there was a clear penalty on Diego Costa – it is a waste of time and money to have officials by the side of the goal because normally they do nothing – and David Luiz’s elbow I didn’t see, I confess.
(15) "I have tried to borrow the money, but it was simply impossible."
(16) I would like to see much more of that money go down to the grassroots.” The Premier League argues that its focus must remain on investing in the best players and facilities and claims it invests more in so-called “good causes” than any other football league.
(17) The money will initially be sought from governments.
(18) They can go into the money markets: a highly male-dominated industry.
(19) For more than half a century, Saudi leaders manipulated the United States by feeding our oil addiction, lavishing money on politicians, helping to finance American wars, and buying billions of dollars in weaponry from US companies.
(20) For Burroughs, who had been publishing ground-breaking books for 20 years without much appreciable financial return, it was association with fame and the music industry, as well as the possible benefits: a wider readership, film hook-ups and more money.
Wallet
Definition:
(n.) A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
(n.) A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
(n.) Anything protuberant and swagging.
Example Sentences:
(1) "For a few it will feel like having your wallet nicked with the mugger then handing you a few bob back to buy a pint.
(2) Eventually I was given a bag with my name on it, containing my jacket, wallet, and camera equipment.
(3) The #putyourwalletsout phrase was coined by Sydney-based Twitter user Steve Lopez, who accompanied it with a photo of his wallet.
(4) Each note is like a little illuminated manuscript in your wallet.
(5) Karpeles says that the money, discovered on 7 March, was moved first to online wallets, and then back to an offline wallet between 14-15 March.
(6) No relation to Ann Widdecombe 1 Advent calendar Receiving it on Christmas Day makes me 100% confident I won't be facing the disappointment of finishing it too early 2 Nog I don't like eggs but I love a bit of eggnog, think how good nog would be without the eggs holding it back 3 WH Smith's voucher Keep in my wallet for guilt free hours of magazine browsing all year round 4 Quality Street Always have a present you can instantly re-wrap and give to someone else 5 Bath bomb Take cover!
(7) What they do have is “bounce-backability” when you take them out of a wallet.
(8) These are then stored in a "wallet", which functions as a sort of online bank account.
(9) Maybe if they knew that paying higher prices meant wages would rise and employment contracts would be more secure, they would open their wallets.
(10) Neither Google Wallet nor Softcard has achieved significant uptake among users or retailers – and all eyes will be on Apple to see whether its initiative stalls, or takes off.
(11) The annual battle to win the hearts and wallets of Christmas shoppers will see UK companies spend more than £1.5bn on advertising campaigns.
(12) The statement said a search of one gang member’s house unearthed a red duffel bag with an Italian flag that contained Regeni’s student cards, credit cards, mobile phones and a brown wallet with his passport in, as well as a second wallet emblazoned with the word “love” and other personal effects such as sunglasses.
(13) It's not a rowdy place – think the cocktail cognoscenti trading tales over Rolling Stones classics – so come to expand your palate (but squeeze your wallet!).
(14) In Moscow, Bank Rossiya is known as “Putin’s wallet” .
(15) Cook told fans afterwards: “We are not kidding, that just happened.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest iPhone 6 to feature mobile wallet
(16) He is attempting to pay back customers who had stored more than 1 BTC (currently worth around $330) from his own personal account, as well as from the coins Inputs.io had in "cold storage" – a wallet not connected to the internet.
(17) Released in the US in 2011, the Google Wallet limps on but a planned expansion to the UK was cancelled.
(18) The Bitcoin Foundation, the non-profit devoted to development and promotion of the currency, says that “any company dealing with Bitcoin transactions [which has] coded their own wallet software should responsibly prepare for this possibility”.
(19) The high street has suffered a painful contraction as the prolonged recession ate into consumers' wallets.
(20) Australia’s three million smokers are speaking with their wallets and literally walking into their local retailers and asking for the cheapest pack on the shelves.” Overnight, the British House of Commons voted to adopt similar legislation by 367 votes to 113.