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noun ADJ. big There is big money in golf for the top players. | easy He started stealing as a way of making easy money. | government, public, taxpayers' Is this a good way to spend taxpayers' money? | private | pocket, spending Did your parents give you pocket money when you were little? I don't know how much spending money to take on holiday. | prize | sponsorship | paper The collection box was full of coins and paper money. | counterfeit QUANT. amount, sum the large sums of money we handle in this store VERB + MONEY have I haven't got any money left. | borrow, bring in, collect, earn, get, make, raise, receive He hoped the scheme would bring in quite a bit of money. Some people were in the street collecting money for charity. How much money did he earn last year? I'll have to get some more money from somewhere. | bank, deposit, pay in small shopkeepers banking their money at the end of the day I need to pay this money in today. | draw out, get out, take out, withdraw | fritter away, lose, run out of, spend, squander, throw away, waste She lost a lot of money at the casino. We ran out of money and had to come home early. He squandered his money on gambling and drink. | hoard, save, set aside, stash away an old miser who hoarded his money We're trying to set some money aside for a new car.She stashed the money away in the bank. | invest, tie up They sensibly invested their prize money rather than spending it. All their money was tied up in long-term investments. | donate, give sb, lend sb, pay (sb), provide (sb with), put up Half the money raised was donated to charity. He managed to persuade his friend to put up the money for the venture. | give (sb) back, pay (sb) back, refund (sb), repay (sb) I'll pay the money back next week, I promise. The shop was unwilling to refund my money. | owe (sb) They owe lots of people money. | accept, take I don't think they'll accept French money on the plane. The bookmaker was quite happy to take his money. | cost These cars cost quite a lot of money. | be worth That painting is worth a lot of money. | change, exchange We changed our money into dollars at the airport. | allocate The quality of public health care depends on the amount of money allocated to it. | launder He was charged with laundering money. MONEY + VERB come from sth Money for the extension to the gallery came from the sale of old exhibits. | go (on sth), go to I don't know where all the money goes! All his money went on drink. Most of the money went to pay for the food and drink. | come in She had two children to support and no money coming in. MONEY + NOUN management | problems | laundering | market He made a fortune dealing on the money markets. | box PREP. for ~ He'll do anything for money! | ~ for Where's the money for the milk? PHRASES get money off sth You might get some money off the price if it's an old model. | get your money's worth The boat trip lasts three hours, so you certainly get your money's worth. | pay/put money in/into the bank I pay my money into the bank as soon as I get paid. | put money on sth He stopped at the betting shop to put money on a horse. | put/sink money into sth He sank most of his money into his struggling business. | take money off sth He felt sorry for her and took some money off her bill. | throw money at sth They tend to throw money at problems without trying to work out the best solution. | throw your money around He thinks he can make friends by throwing his money around.BUSINESS
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idioms beginning with MONEY, Also see COIN MONEY; COLOR OF ONE'S MONEY; EASY MONEY; EVEN MONEY; FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED; FOR ONE'S MONEY; FUNNY MONEY; GET ONE'S MONEY'S WORTH; HUSH MONEY; IN THE MONEY; MADE OF MONEY; NOT FOR LOVE OR MONEY; ON THE MONEY; PAY YOUR MONEY AND TAKE YOUR CHOICE; PIN MONEY; POCKET MONEY; PUT MONEY ON; PUT ONE'S MONEY WHERE ONE'S MOUTH IS; ROLLING IN IT (MONEY); RUN FOR ONE'S MONEY; SPEND MONEY LIKE WATER; THROW GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD; TIME IS MONEY.
American Heritage Idioms
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money
what you use to buy things, in the form of notes or coins:
• He spent all his money on computer equipment.
cash
money in the form of coins and notes:
• I didn’t have any cash with me.
currency
the money used in a particular country:
• The dollar gained in value against other currencies. • a single European currency
change
money in the form of coins of low value:
• Do you have any small change? • a pocketful of loose change
note
British English , bill American English a piece of paper money:
• a £20 note • a $5 bill
coin
a flat round piece of metal used as money:
• She put some coins in the parking meter. • He took a coin out of his pocket.
a ten-pence/50-cent etc piece
a coin worth a particular amount
Longman-Thesaurus
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money
verbs
have money
• I didn’t have enough money to pay for it.
make/earn money
• She makes a little money by babysitting.
spend money (on something)
• More money should be spent on training.
cost money/cost a lot of money
• Good food doesn’t have to cost a lot of money.
save money
(= use less money )
• Companies fired workers to save money.
make money
(= make a profit )
• The farm was beginning to make money at last.
lose money
(= not make a profit, so that you then have less money )
• The movie didn’t attract audiences and lost money for the studio.
pay money (for something)
• Has he paid the money he owes you?
lend somebody money
• My dad lent me money to buy a car.
borrow money
• They arranged to borrow money from the bank to buy a house.
owe somebody money
• He owes me money.
waste money (on something)
• Don’t waste your money on a computer that doesn’t have enough memory.
raise money
(= do something to get money for a charity, school etc )
• The Christmas fair raises money for the school.
save up money
• She had saved up enough money to buy a car.
give somebody their money back
( also refund sb’s money ) (= give money back to a customer )
• We regret that we are unable to refund money on tickets.
money goes on something
(= is spent on something )
• All the money went on doctor’s bills.
money comes in
(= is earned and received )
• Rob wasn’t working for a while, so we had less money coming in.
money comes from something
(= used to say how someone makes their money )
• All of Dawson’s money came from drugs.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + money
good money
(= a lot of money )
• Preston earns good money as a lawyer.
big money
informal (= a very large amount of money )
• Basketball players make big money.
easy money
(= money that you earn easily )
• For many, selling drugs seems like easy money.
spending money
(= an amount of money that you can spend on anything you want )
• We had £500 spending money saved for our holiday.
pocket money/spending money
British English (= a small amount of money that parents regularly give their children )
• How much pocket money do you get?
government/taxpayers'/public money
• More taxpayer’s money should be spent on the railways.
phrases
a sum of money
( also an amount of money )
• £10,000 seemed a huge sum of money to me.
be a waste of money
• Fancy clothes for a baby are a waste of money.
be value for money
British English (= used when saying that something is worth the amount of money you pay for it )
• The holiday was excellent value for money.
COMMON ERRORS
>>> Do not say ' gain money '. Say make money .
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