Word for loving money

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acquisitiveness. avarice. avidity. covetousness.

Whats the word for someone who loves money?

Someone who is avaricious is greedy or grasping, concerned with gaining wealth. The suggestion is that an avaricious person will do anything to achieve material gain, and it is, in general, not a pleasant attribute.

What do you call a person who spends money wisely?

Frugal is generally a good, positive word to describe someone who is careful with his or her money, although it can sometimes be used negatively to describe a «penny-pincher.» Frugality is the related noun, indicating the characteristic of being conservative in spending.

What do you call unnecessary spending?

A discretionary expense is a cost that a business or household can survive without, if necessary. Discretionary expenses are often defined as nonessential spending.

What is a mercenary person?

: one that serves merely for wages especially : a soldier hired into foreign service mercenaries who guaranteed the success of the rebellion — B. F. Reilly. mercenary. adjective. Definition of mercenary (Entry 2 of 2) 1 : serving merely for pay or sordid advantage : venal also : greedy.

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Today, you’re going to increase your money vocabulary with 42 words and phrases about money. Also check out Maths Vocabulary in English: Do You Know the Basics?

Like it or not, money is a big part of most of our lives.

So it’s important to be able to talk about it, right?

Here are 42 usfeul words and phrases to help you talk about money in English.

Words to describe physical money

Note

This is British English, and it basically means “a piece of paper money.” It’s short for “bank note.”

“I found a ten-pound note in the street the other day.”

“I tried to buy a sandwich with a fifty-pound note, but the shopkeeper wouldn’t accept it.”

Bill

“Bill” is the American word for “note.”

So we can talk about ten-pound notes, but we usually say ten-dollar bill.

My main question is “Who’s Bill?”

Coins

The money that isn’t notes — those shiny metal things? Those are coins.

Here’s something I’ve noticed about travelling:

In some countries, you end up with loads and loads of coins in your pocket. They just have so many of them.

The UK is one of those countries.

Shrapnel

This word actually means the small pieces of metal that explode out of a bomb or a grenade.

But when we’re talking about money, it’s a very informal way to describe coins.

But there’s a difference in how we use “shrapnel.”

The word “coin” is countable:

“How many coins have you got in your pocket?”

But the word “shrapnel” is uncountable:

“How much shrapnel have you got on you? I need to get a ticket, and the machine doesn’t accept notes.”

Change

When we pay for something, we do it one of two ways.

We can give the exact change: if the toothbrush you’re buying costs £1, and you give the shopkeeper £1, you’ve given the exact change.

But if you don’t have any shrapnel on you, you might want to pay with a five-pound note.

Then the shopkeeper gives you £4 in change.

Or perhaps you only have a fifty-pound note. So you try to pay for the toothbrush with that.

The shopkeeper just shakes his head and says, “Sorry, mate. I can’t break a fifty.”

What does it mean?

If the shopkeeper can’t give you the correct change for the fifty pounds because he doesn’t have it, then he can’t break the fifty-pound note.

And you don’t get a toothbrush.

Coppers

Most countries have very, very low-value coins.

What colour are they in your country?

Probably, they’re this dark orange colour — or copper colour.

That’s why we call them coppers.

Words to describe amounts of money

Fiver

This is British English, and it means “five-pound note.”

Easy, right?

Tenner

OK, you’ve guessed this one, haven’t you?

Yep — it means “ten-pound note.”

This only works for five pounds and ten pounds. We can’t say, for example, a twentier. It just sounds weird.

A lot of people I know (including myself) use these words when we’re outside the UK to talk about ten lira or ten lev or ten euros or whatever the currency is where we are.

K

I wrote about this in my big post on how to say numbers in English.

If you add “K” to a number in English, it means “thousand.”

Here’s an example for you to see how it works (and also to see how ridiculously overpriced things are in the UK).

These are beach huts:

They’re cute things that you’ll often find on the beach in the UK.

The idea is that you buy one and then you have a little room to change your clothes in, drink tea in and even have a nap in when you’re at the beach.

This one in the photo is in Brighton, my hometown.

Want to buy one? Well — they’re pretty expensive.

These guys cost over 20K.

Ridiculous, isn’t it?

Grand

“Grand” is exactly the same as “K.”

It means “thousand.”

“I still can’t believe those beach huts are going for over 20 grand each.”

Cash

Cash is real money — not virtual money.

If you’ve got bank notes or coins, then you’ve got cash.

If you’re using your card (or cheques, like it’s the ‘80s), then you’re not using cash.

Also — Johnny Cash. Because there’s never a bad time for Johnny Cash.

Words to describe currencies and denominations

Pound

I’m sure you know this one. It’s the currency used in the UK.

But just one thing: you don’t need to say “sterling.” No one uses it!

In fact, I had no idea what it meant until I was an adult.

Quid

You’ll hear this one a lot in the UK.

This is British English, and it means “pound.”

But be careful!

The plural of “quid” is “quid” (not “quids”).

So your kettle might cost one quid or fifty quid.

Which is really expensive for a kettle. Even a nice electric one with flashy green lights and everything.

Don’t buy it!

Bucks

This is originally American English, and it means “dollars.”

When I visited Australia back in February, I was pleased to hear that they use “bucks” there, too. A lot.

It feels good to say, right?

“That’ll be seven bucks, please.”

p

This is short for “pence.”

There are 100 pence in a pound.

It’s also the same in the singular and plural — so something could be 1p or 50p.

But prices can get a little tricky to say when they get more complicated. Click here for more on how to say prices correctly — it’s harder than you think!

Ways to talk about using the ATM

ATM

OK. What’s this?

Yep — it’s an ATM.

Cash machine

OK. What about this?

Yep — it’s an ATM.

But we can also call it a cash machine.

Hole-in-the-wall

And this? What’s this?

Yep — it’s an ATM or a cash machine or, if you’re talking to someone from the UK, a hole-in-the-wall.

But what can you do with it?

Withdraw

OK. You’ve got no cash on you, and you need to buy that amazing teapot — and you need to buy it NOW!

So you go to the cash machine and withdraw the cash you need.

Take out

“Withdraw” is quite a formal word.

In most situations it’s nice to use this phrasal verb instead:

“Give me five minutes — I’ve just got to go to the ATM and take out a bit of cash.”

Deposit

So we can use the ATM to withdraw money, but we can also use it to do the opposite.

When you deposit money, you take the real money you have in your hand, let the machine eat it up and watch the money get added to your bank account.

Put into

So “withdraw” is quite formal and “take out” is quite informal.

Also “deposit” is quite formal and “put into” is quite informal.

“Someone’s put about four grand into my account! Where did it come from?”

Ways to describe the money you get

Payday

This is, surprisingly, the day you get paid.

Maybe it’s every Monday.

Or maybe it’s on the first of the month.

Or maybe it’s NEVER! (That job was awful.)

Salary

Usually when people talk about their salary, they’re describing how much they get paid every year or every month or, sometimes, every hour — but only two of these are technically correct.

A salary is how much you get paid every year.

However, you’ll often hear people talk about a “monthly salary.”

And that’s fine, as the monthly salary is calculated based on how much you make in a year.

Wage

So how do we describe the amount of money you get per hour?

That’s when “wage” comes in.

A wage is usually used to describe the money you get for one hour’s work.

Most countries have a minimum wage, which is the smallest amount of money a company can legally pay their workers.

Income

This is the money you get over a period of time.

So we can talk about a weekly income, a monthly income or a yearly income.

But we actually use this word in lots of others ways.

For example, a way to describe poor families or rich families is by using the term “low-income household” or “high-income household.”

This is often used by people who work in sales. Probably because when you’re trying to sell stuff to people, it’s good to avoid the words “rich” and “poor.”

We can also use the phrase “on a six-figure income” (an income with six numbers, e.g., $500,000).

It’s basically a way to say you’re rich:

“50 quid for a kettle? No problem — I’m on a six-figure income.”

Words to describe paying less

Discount

Here’s it is — your dream toaster:

It not only makes toast, but can filter coffee, travel through time and also make your enemies do embarrassing things in public.

But there’s a problem. A predictable one.

It’s really expensive — completely out of your price range.

Then, one day, the shop decides to sell it at a much cheaper price.

In fact, they cut the price by 80%.

That’s an 80% discount.

Now you can afford it!

Go get that toaster!

Sales

There are some times of the year when the shops go crazy with discounts.

In the USA, there’s an event called Black Friday. And it’s absolutely mental and ridiculous.

Just for one day, the shops discount everything — a lot.

As a result, people start queuing outside stores one, two, even three days before the special day.

When the doors open, everyone tries to kill each other (almost) to get to the cheap, heavily discounted, stuff:

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(Really — is stuff that important?)

Anyway, Black Friday is a massive sale — a period of time when a shop, or lots of shops, have big discounts.

You also have closing-down sales, when shops are about to close down, and they want to sell everything they have left.

When you buy something at a discount because it was part of a sale, you can say it was “on sale.”

“Do you really want to buy that?”
“Yeah — I think so. Anyway, it’s on sale.”

Mates’ rates

Sometimes shops give discounts.

But so do friends.

Let’s say you’ve got a good friend who does awesome tattoos.

Everyone wants her to do their tattoos.

In fact, she’s the most popular tattoo artist in town and, as a result, she charges a lot of money for them.

But not to you — you’re one of her best friends.

You can get a tattoo from her at a much cheaper price.

She’s your friend, so she charges you less.

She does that tattoo at mates’ rates — a discount for friends.

Ways of describing having no money

We’ve all been there, right?

That time when you just have no money to spend.

There are a few ways of describing this.

Skint

This is British English and basically means “without money — at least for now.”

It’s an adjective:

“Coming to the pub?”
“Not tonight, mate. I’m skint at the moment.”

Remember — it’s usually a temporary situation (like the day before payday). It’s different from being poor, which is something more permanent.

Broke

This is basically the same as “skint” but, it’s used outside the UK.

Flat broke

This means “very broke — really — I have literally NO money!”

Ways of describing how much stuff costs

Pricey

You know that feeling, right?

You’re in a new city, and you’re hungry.

You see a restaurant that looks quite good — not too posh, so probably not expensive.

You sit down and look at the menu … and the prices.

Now — if the menu was really expensive you’d just leave, right?

But what if it’s only a bit expensive?

Just a little bit more than it should cost?

Well — you’d probably stay, wouldn’t you?

Even though the menu’s a bit pricey — a little bit more expensive than it should be. But only a little bit.

A waste of money

OK. All of a sudden, you’ve got a grand.

Quick! What do you spend it on?

You could spend it on a trip around the world.

Or you could put it in the bank and save it.

Or you could renovate your kitchen — it really needs it.

All good ideas, right?

Or you could buy that giant dog statue you saw yesterday.

Not such a good idea, right?

What? You went for the dog statue? Seriously?

You’ve spent the money on something stupid! It’s a complete waste of money!

A bargain

When you buy something, and you get a great deal. It’s much cheaper than expected.

Perhaps it’s a skiing holiday in France for less than 100 bucks.

Or a beautiful teapot for just a quid.

Whatever it is, enjoy it — it’s a bargain!

Ways of describing spending money

Splash out

Awesome! You’ve received a bonus 200 quid in your salary this month.

What are you going to do with the extra cash?

Well — you could save it.

Or you could splash out on that dream toaster you’ve always wanted.

“Splash out” basically means “spend freely.”

It’s usually for a special treat — something you wouldn’t usually buy because it’s a little pricey. But just this once. This is a special occasion! Why not?

Blow it all

You decide to sell your car because you realise that bikes are way better. (They are!)

So you sell it, and you get a good deal for it.

One day you have loads of money in your pocket.

So you take all your friends out for a big meal.

The next day you wake up and check how much is left.

Nothing! Not a penny!

You’ve blown it all!

When you blow your money on something, it means you spend a lot of money on something useless.

“When he was fired, the company gave him 20 grand. Guess what? He blew it all on a golden toaster. Unbelievable!”

Break the bank

This means “spend more than you should” or “spend more than you can afford.”

However, it’s often used in the negative to give a good reason for buying something:

“Well — it looks fun … and the tickets are only five quid.”
“Yeah! Let’s do it! It’s not exactly going to break the bank!”

Ways of describing not spending money

Stingy

Here’s Tony. You may remember him from my post on negative personality adjectives:

He hates sharing his stuff.

And he most certainly will NOT be buying you a drink anytime soon.

He’s stingy!

It’s basically the opposite of “generous.”

Tight-fisted

This is basically the same as “stingy.”

We can also shorten it and just say “tight.”

“Hey, Tony! Can you lend me a couple of quid? I haven’t got enough on me for the ticket.”
“No. Buy your own ticket!”
“Come on! Don’t be so tight!”

On a tight budget

Money’s a funny thing, isn’t it?

Sometimes there are good times, and we feel like we can afford pretty much anything.

And sometimes there are … not-so-good times.

Times when we need to be careful about what we spend.

Times when even spending a quid or two on a cup of tea can break the bank.

That’s when we’re on a tight budget.

On a shoestring budget

This is similar to “on a tight budget,” but we use it when we’re describing how much money there is for a specific thing.

I have a friend who decided to cycle from Istanbul to Manchester on a shoestring budget.

Some of the best films were made on a shoestring budget.

Get the idea?

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OK, so that was a lot of money vocabulary — 42 words and phrases to talk about money in English.

But what did I miss?

What other words and phrases about money can you think of?

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Some people often ask these questions: what are words related to money? what is another slang word for money? what do you call someone who is too careful with money? what are some positive words to describe money? In fact, this post will shed light on nouns, verbs, adjectives, and some slang words associated with money.

Money is a pretty important aspect of our lives, that is why there are plenty of different words and phrases to talk about money. For example:

Most people work hard to get money. We need money to buy clothes, food, etc. We can use a credit card, check or cash to buy things. Therefore, how do I talk about money in English? How can u describe money? Below is a chart that will help you boost your money vocabulary words. Also, money words example sentences will be listed to clarify the meaning of every word.

Money Words: Synonyms For Money With Example Sentences

Synonyms For Money	Money Example Sentences
cash	Sabina went to the ATM to get some cash.
funds	Last month, our family’s funds were a little low.
bill	In the United States, the $5 bill has a picture of Abraham Lincoln.
capital	The starting capital of the new firm was around 100.000 $
check	Bankers claim that new forms of check fraud raised lately.
salary	Pete is on a salary of $ 20.000
banknote	They illegally forged banknotes.
currency	Carl doesn’t like coins, he prefers to carry only paper currency.
bread	father will buy that bike for his kids when he gets some bread.
silver	Anna needs $ 1 in silver for the parking meter.
change	I didn’t have any change for the phone.
property	Property prices in downtown have enormously dropped.
pay	Bill’s job is hard work, that is why he gets a pay raise.
wealth	Mr. Richardson’s wealth is estimated at around $ 250 million
wage	The company pays wages on Saturdays.
chips	He needed some chips for the parking meter.
payment	He prefers cash as a method of payment.
dough	Brother spent a lot of dough on his new tablet.
finances	Finance for health comes from taxpayers.
bankroll	The family’s bankroll right now is a total of $ 5.000
bucks	The stereo costs $ 10 bucks.
coin	The young man moved to the big city seeking work that pays a lot of coins.
gravy	The ten percent profit is gravy for our business.
coinage	They collect gold and silver coinage.
gold	Gold does never buy happiness.
loot	Thieves have stolen a big amount of loot.
greenbacks	She needs 5 greenbacks to buy the notebook.
pesos	The poor couple had only a few pesos to buy food for the children.
resources	Bianca doesn’t have enough resources to buy a used car.
riches	Her father was pretty lucky to have a business that has brought him great riches.
treasure	They discovered treasures buried in the old backyard.
wherewithal	Antony has the wherewithal to pay cash for the new house.
hard cash	Do you have any hard cash?
wad	She gave them a thick wad of $ 20 notes.
legal tender	This type of coin is no longer considered legal tender.
long green	Where did Janet get the long green to afford a car like that?
exchange	That bank offers the best exchange rate.

What Is Another Slang Word for Money? 100 Slang Words For Money

Actually, money is a major thing that most people cannot do without or live without. Money has a vast and rich bank of terms and vocabulary items. thus, What is another slang word for money? This is an interesting chart that compiles 100+ slang terms for money.

Tender	Resources	Gold	Frogskin	Rack	Folding stuff
Sawbucks	Bacon	Franklins	Salad	Gouda	C note
Cheddar	Hamilton	Scratch	Figgas	Cheese	Pesos
Skrilla	Nickel	Chips	Moola	Riches	Bucks
Loot	Bread	Large	Bank	Five spot	Lucci
Ten spot	G “grand”	K	Lucre	Nuggets	Brass (UK)
Fins	Tamales	Cha-ching	Quid	Gelt	Jackson
Simoleon	Long green	Paper	Funds	Lettuce	Fiver
Tenners	Cabbage	Gwop	Ones	Bills	Chalupa
Wonga	Stash	Chump change	Dollar dollar bill y’all	Smackers	Dough
Boodle	Dosh	M	Clams	MM (or MN)	Stacks
Yard	Treasure	Bankroll	Spondulix	Greenbacks	Bones
Ducketts	Cream	Wampum	Cake	Wad	Dime
Green	Guap	Buckaroos	Yaper	Coin	Mil
Knots	cash money	Grand	Dubs	Doubloons	Celery
Hundies	Chump change	Blue cheddar	Bones	Grant	Grease
Bean	Dead presidents	Plunder	Capital	Bookoo bucks	Fetti
Mega bucks	Scrilla	Ducats	Five-spot	Benjamins	Benji
Green	Big ones	Payola	Dinero	Gwala	Commas

What do you call someone who is too careful with money?

There are many words in English for someone who is very careful with money and doesn’t like to spend it. For instance, we can use such terms as a miser, cheapskate, scrooge, etc. However, all of these words are used in a derogative way, and none can be guaranteed not to offend or bother others. These are words you can use in a negative and insulting way to describe someone who doesn’t like to spend money.

On the other hand, if we want to say nicely that someone doesn’t waste money, in this case, adjectives will work better. These are words to use to nicely describe a person who doesn’t like to spend money.

1. frugal
2. penny-wise
3. thrifty
4. economical
5. economizing
6. provident
7. scrimping
8. sparing

Word Search Money Vocabulary

Do you like word search games? Have fun finding Money Vocabulary with this word search. Enjoy solving it with your kids or students.

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На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать разговорную лексику.

Contempt for theory, art, history, for man as a goal in himself — this has become the money-loving man’s true conscious position and virtue…

Презрение к теории, искусству, истории, к человеку как цели сам по себе — это стало истинно сознательной позицией и добродетелью деньги-любящего человека…

If a person has a high income, but before going to sleep, his thoughts are not occupied with money, can one call him money-loving?

Если человек имеет высокий доход, но перед сном его мысли не заняты деньгами, можно ли назвать его сребролюбивым?

I have her word I can show you up for the puny, money-loving red-eye you be.

It’s about a caustic, money-loving lawyer who will do anything to win, and a passionate rookie lawyer with a strong sense of justice.

Юридическая комедия о резком, любящем деньги юристе, который сделает всё, чтобы победить, и страстном юристе-новичке с сильным чувством справедливости.

Другие результаты

The funny-money-loving Keynesians themselves complained loudly that they were not at all able to do what the Austrians accuse them of.

Кейнсианцы, любители денег-фантиков, сами во всеуслышание жаловались, что они не могут сделать то, в чём обвиняют их приверженцы австрийской школы.

With this kind of prosperity, loving money is loving the good it can do for us, and for everyone else.

С этим видом процветания, любящий деньги любят хороший он может сделать для нас, и для всех остальных.

How to Smash the Altar of Loving Money and Appearance

Loving money, however, can be as self-defeating as loving any other commodity.

Однако любовь к деньгам может быть настолько же подавляющей, как и любовь к любому другому товару.

«So is spiritual money like loving your work and doing what you love?»

Выходит, духовные деньги — это нечто вроде любви к своей работе и возможности делать то, что тебе по душе?

However, later, Nikon began to reproach the Anzersk monks for loving money and blamed Eleazar himself for it.

Однако позднее Никон стал упрекать анзерских монахов в сребролюбии и обвинил в нём и самого Елеазара.

I had everything, a good job, money, a loving family, yet I felt so empty inside.

У меня было всё: хорошая работа, деньги, любящая семья, но в душе я чувствовал такую пустоту… Как будто у меня ничего не было.

Career and Money Are you loving your work?

As you evaluate your own generosity, you have to beware of the danger signs of loving money.

Если вы любите богатство, прислушивайтесь к Его предостережениям об опасности любви к деньгам.

Salvador Dali was a super-popular and successful artist, which did not prevent him from loving money dearly.

Сальвадор Дали Сальвадор Дали был супер-популярным и успешным художником, что не мешало ему нежно любить деньги.

Eventhough he is loving the money and the wealth.

Focus on your relationships with people instead of loving your money and material things the most.

Сосредоточьтесь на отношениях с людьми вместо того, чтобы любить деньги и материальные вещи.

Official Description: Tristan Price has everything: money, privilege, loving parents, a beautiful girlfriend and a bright future.

О фильме: У Тристана Прайса есть всё: деньги, уважение, любящие родители, прекрасная подружка и светлое будущее.

So What Is Stopping You Loving Your Money?

Food, money or just the loving of my mother.

Cost a lot of money but i’m loving this series a lot so far.

Стоит все не так дорого, но серией пользуюсь до сих пор.

Ничего не найдено для этого значения.

Результатов: 26. Точных совпадений: 4. Затраченное время: 83 мс

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Few things get more attention it seems than money. People use it every day—sometimes multiple times a day.

People plan where they live around money, where they travel around money, where they work around money, and where they retire around money.

Since money is an essential tool that most people cannot live without, it has developed a rich and colorful bank of slang terms in which to be described.

Who says writing about money has to be boring? Finance, currency, legal tender? Incorporate some change into your financial writing.

What is slang for money? Here is a list of 80+ slang terms for money. Some of the terms are similar to each other; some are even derivatives of each other, but they all relate back to money.

This is not an exhaustive list. I’m sure there are some terms I missed, and I’m sure more terms will be coined in the years to come. In any event, this is a fun list to get your brains rolling.

Slang for Money List:

1. Bacon: Money in general; bring home the bacon.
2. Bands: Paper money held together by a rubber band. Usually $10,000 or more.
3. Bank: Money; Obviously related to banks that hold money.
4. Bankrolls: Roll of paper money.
5. Benjamins: Reference to Benjamin Franklin, whose portrait is on the one hundred dollar bill.
6. Big bucks: Large amounts of money; generally used in reference to payment or employment compensation.
7. Bills: A banknote; piece of paper money.
8. Biscuits: Money in general; origin unknown.
9. Bisquick: Money in general; origin unknown.
10. Blue cheese: Reference to the new U.S. 100-dollar bill introduced in 2009, which has a blue hue to it.
11. Blue cheddar: See blue cheese.
12. Bookoo bucks: See big bucks.
13. Bones: Dollars (origin unknown).
14. Bread: Money in general. The analogy being that bread is a staple of life. Food is a common theme for slang money terms.
15. Brick: A bundled or shrink-wrapped amount of money, usually in amounts of $1,000 or $10,000. A reference to the rectangular shape that looks like a brick.
16. Broccoli: Paper money, reference to its color.
17. Buckaroos: Money in general.
18. Bucks: Dollars; Thought to be a reference to deer skins used for trading.
19. C-note: One hundred dollars; a reference to the Roman Numeral for 100.
20. Cabbage: Paper money. In reference to the color of U.S. currency.
21. Cake: Money in general; similar to bread and dough.
22. Cash: Money in general.
23. Cash money: see cash.
24. Cheese: Money in general (origin unknown).
25. Cheddar: Money in general (origin unknown).
26. Chits: Money in general; originally a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
27. Chips: Money in general; reference to poker chips.
28. Chump change: A small amount of money.
29. Clams: Money in general; Possible origin is thought to be clamshells that were once used as a form of currency by Native American Indians in California.
30. Coin: Money in general, paper or coin.
31. Commas: Money in general, reference to increasing amounts of money; moving from one comma to two commas as in from 10,000 to 1,000,000.
32. CREAM: Acronym meaning “cash rules everything around me.”
33. Dead presidents: Paper money; a reference to the presidential portraits that most U.S. currency adorns.
34. Dinero: Money in general; originally the currency of the Christian states of Spain.
35. Dime: Another reference to coin, specifically the dime.
36. Doubloons: Money in general; reference to gold doubloons.
37. Dough: Money in general (origin unknown).
38. Fetti: Money in general; originates from feria, the Spanish term for money.
39. Five-spot: Five-dollar bill.
40. Fivers: Five dollar bills.
41. Franklins: Hundred dollar bills. Benjamin Franklin is one the U.S. hundred dollar bill.
42. Frog: $50 bill in horse racing.
43. Frog skins: Money in general.
44. Gold: Money in general; reference to gold as being a tangible product for thousands of years.
45. Green: Paper money, referencing its color.
46. Greenbacks: Paper money; Greenbacks were U.S. current in the Civil War.
47. Gs: Shorthand term for “grand,” which is a thousand dollars.
48. Grand: One thousand dollars. In the early 1900s, one thousand dollars was thought to be a “grand” sum of money, hence grand.
49. Guac: Money in general; reference to guacamole’s green appearance.
50. Guineas: A coin minted in England from 1663-1813.
51. Gwop: Money in general.
52. Half-yard: Fifty dollars.
53. Hundies: Hundred dollar bills.
54. Jacksons: Twenty dollar bills. Andrew Jackson is one the U.S. twenty dollar bill.
55. Knots: A wad of paper money.
56. Large: Similar use as “grand.” Twenty large would be the same as saying twenty grand.
57. Lincolns: Five dollar bills. Abraham Lincoln is one the U.S. five dollar bill.
58. Long green: Paper money, from its shape and color.
59. Lolly: Money in general; origin unknown.
60. Loot: Large sum of money; originally money received from stolen plunder or other illicit means.
61. Lucci: Money in general; loot; possibly stemming from term lucre.
62. Lucre: Money that has been acquired through ill-gotten means.
63. Mega bucks: See big bucks.
64. Monkey: British slang for 500 pounds sterling; originates from soldiers returning from India, where the 500 rupee note had a picture of a monkey on it.
65. Moola: Money in general (origin unknown) Also spelled moolah.
66. Notes: Money in general; reference to banknotes from a bank.
67. Nugget: Referencing gold, but a general term for money of any kind.
68. OPM: Other people’s money; accounting term.
69. Paper: Paper bills of any kind.
70. Payola: Money in general, specifically money earned as compensation for labor; a paycheck.
71. Pesos: Money in general; Pesos are the official currency of Mexico.
72. Plunder: Stolen money.
73. Quid: One pound (100 pence) in British currency.
74. Rack: Synonym for dollars when talking about thousands. Five thousand racks. Ten racks.
75. Rock: Million dollars
76. Roll: Shortened term for bankroll.
77. Sawbuck: Ten-dollar bill. Originated from a sawbuck device, which is a device for holding wood to be cut into pieces. Its shape is that of an “X” form at each end, which are joined by cross bars below the intersections of the X’s. The “X” shape resembles the Roman Numeral for ten, hence sawbuck.
78. Scratch: Money in general (origin unknown).
79. Scrilla: Money in general (Possibly formed from analogy to another slang money term: paper. Paper once came in the form of a scroll. Scroll became scrilla.).
80. Shekels: Money in general (biblical currency; also modern day currency of Israel).
81. Singles: Single one-dollar bills.
82. Smackers: Dollars (origin unknown).
83. Stacks: Multiples of one thousand dollars.
84. Ten-spot: Ten-dollar bill.
85. Tenners: Ten-dollar bills.
86. Turkey: Money in general; sometimes referred to in the phrase let’s talk turkey.
87. Wad: Large sum of money; usually a bundled sum carried in your pockets.
88. Wonga: English Romany word for money.
89. Yard: One hundred dollars.

Summary: Slang for Cash

I hope some of these other words for money were new to you. As I mentioned above, this list is obviously not exhaustive. People will be finding new ways in which to describe money until the end of time.

Until then, I will be here documenting them as they appear on the literary scene.

If you see any easy terms that I missed in my list, tweet me at @Writing_Class, and I will add them to the list.

155 Money Words List, Vocabulary Related to Money

1. dividend

2. banknote

3. silver

4. gold

5. discount

6. loss

7. debt

8. compound

9. dough

10. store of value

11. diversify

12. rent

13. bill

14. cash

15. subsidization

16. nickel

17. loan

18. coupon

19. government

20. song dynasty

21. outgo

22. withdraw

23. mortgage

24. monetary

25. balance

26. cheap

27. pound

28. credit card

29. legal tender

30. earnings

31. sell

32. bank

33. change

34. credit

35. barter

36. moolah

37. down payment

38. euro

39. save

40. financier

41. fund

42. surplus

43. estate

44. inflation

45. tax

46. china

47. funds

48. savings

49. economics

50. bankrupt

51. wallet

52. borrow

53. paper money

54. value

55. percentage

56. penny

57. savings account

58. bankroll

59. donate

60. vault

61. millions

62. teller

63. currency

64. donor

65. wealth

66. commodity

67. cent

68. lend

69. donation

70. deposit

71. unit of account

72. lender

73. exchange

74. poor

75. payment

76. megabucks

77. market

78. swap

79. economy

80. check

81. invest

82. gelt

83. representative money

84. thrifty

85. expensive

86. shekel

87. atm

88. rich

89. margin

90. auction

91. depression

92. note

93. money supply

94. dinero

95. us dollar

96. fiat money

97. medium of exchange

98. expense

99. rate

100. income

101. economist

102. bought

103. pay

104. bailout

105. appropriation

106. receipt

107. deficit

108. bankruptcy

109. central bank

110. sale

111. trade

112. barley

113. treasury

114. business

115. monetary system

116. afford

117. equity

118. purse

119. portfolio

120. finance

121. quarter

122. profit

123. interest

124. loot

125. seller

126. dime

127. dollar

128. earn

129. buy

130. security

131. boodle

132. gold standard

133. bonds

134. money

135. investment

136. investor

137. spend

138. yield

139. budget

140. stocks

141. risk

142. reserve

143. overdrawn

144. capital

145. recession

146. pence

147. sold

148. collateral

149. commodity money

150. demand deposit

151. coin

152. moola

153. bargain

154. rebate

155. billions