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bread

bread

99 8.3
Informal name for money used to buy things
  • noun
  • /brɛd/
  • Slang
: plata (América Latina)
  • With his new job, he's finally making some bread to support his family.
  • bread and butter
  • earn bread
  • make bread

I'm talking about fat stacks, bread, lettuce, that cheddar.

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Examples

  • The burden of proof rests on our shoulders; tenacity and time are our bread and butter.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Trinie never pushes too hard; she knows which side her bread is buttered on.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Matter of fact, talking about bread, I brought you a gift.

  • I mean, your father would give you bread, a place to stay.

  • You got any bread in the house?

  • Let's get this bread that you must be making money.

  • Working to earn one's bread is something few people can escape.

    Academic text (2004)
  • We can earn our bread somehow, even if we have a bad time of it.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Peirce often earned his daily bread with such writings, or at least tried to.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Man was to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.

    Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

sugar
vsbread
  • Slang
145 9.4

A slang word for money

is the informal term for money without playful connotation
dough
vsbread
  • Slang
119 8.6

An informal word for money that people use

is the same informal term for money with identical sense
scratch
vsbread
  • Slang
17 9.2

An informal word for money

is used more generally for money, not only physical cash
dinero
vsbread
  • Slang
13 9.0

An informal, playful word for money from Spanish

is the neutral informal word for money without cultural flavor
moolah
vsbread
  • Slang
7 9.9

Money you use to buy things

is the informal term for money without the stronger slang label
clams
vsbread
  • Archaic
4 8.6

Small amounts of money

is the informal money word used more broadly without size implication
wampum
vsbread
  • Archaic
4 9.9

Informal word for money, often meaning cash

is the current informal word for money without the archaic tone
cabbage
vsbread
  • Archaic
4 9.9

Money in the form of cash or paper bills

is the informal word for money used in general speech, not marked slang
gelt
vsbread
  • Slang
3 9.9

Money in cash that people use to buy things

is the broader informal term not limited to cash
lettuce
vsbread
  • Slang
2 9.9

A slang word for money, often cash

is an informal term for money without the joking or humorous tone
shekels
vsbread
  • Slang
2 8.6

Money that people use to buy things

is the informal label for money without added cultural sense
lolly
vsbread
  • Slang
2 9.9

An informal name for money someone has to spend

is the common informal word that covers money in general
kale
vsbread
  • Slang
2 9.9

An informal word for money

is the neutral informal word for money without slang marking
boodle
vsbread
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A large amount of cash kept for spending

is the informal word for money without implying large amounts
simoleon
vsbread
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An informal word for money, especially dollars

is the general informal term for money not tied to one currency

Antonyms

584 2.0

A situation of having very little money and few things

Idioms

A way someone earns money to live

A very useful new thing that people say is great

To make someone lose the job or money they need to live

Do something kind without expecting anything back, hoping it helps later

To give someone money or a job so they can live

To benefit from two people or groups at the same time by being dishonest

To have enough money to live well for the rest of your life

A small, disappointing thing that does not help enough

Act to protect your own interests

To have enough money to live comfortably

9.7

To share bread and salt to show friendship and trust

Compounds

39 1.0

A shaped bread baked as one piece and usually sliced before eating

bread and butter
  • Informal
24 3.0

The main way a person earns money

14 1.0

A soft, light bread made from white wheat flour

daily bread
  • Informal
13 2.7

The food and other things you need to live each day

12 1.0

A slice of bread spread with garlic butter and toasted until crisp

11 1.0

A sweet, moist bread made with mashed bananas often served as a snack

10 1.0

A type of bread baked recently that is not stale

8 1.0

A long crusty white bread like a baguette served with meals

5 6.1

A flat fried bread made from wheat or corn, often served in Native American communities

4 2.2

Bread made with rye flour that is darker and denser than wheat bread

4 8.1

Like the white middle class and often boring or conventional

4 3.9

A loaf made with extra gluten flour that is chewy and high in protein

4 4.9

A line of people waiting for free food during hard times

A type of bread made from the whole wheat grain that is denser and healthier than white bread

4 1.2

A soft mixture of flour and water used to make bread

3 1.7

A long knife with a saw-like edge used for cutting bread

3 1.0

A type of bread made from whole wheat flour that is darker and denser than white bread

Bread made with a natural starter that has a slightly sour taste and a chewy crust

A long crusty loaf of bread made with yeast, not sweet and with tapered ends

2 2.8

An issue that affects people's money or daily living costs

2 1.9

A machine that makes bread at home by itself

2 1.3

A baked loaf with raisins mixed into the dough, often eaten sliced and toasted

2 2.9

A dark, dense bread made from rye flour

A flat bread made without yeast, often eaten at Passover

1 1.8

A bread made with chopped nuts mixed into the dough

1 5.1

A soft, creamy cornmeal bread you eat with a spoon

1 3.1

A sweet pull-apart pastry of baked dough pieces coated in butter, sugar and cinnamon

1 3.1

A bread made with baking powder or baking soda so it can be baked right away

A sweet loaf of bread made with cinnamon, often with raisins

1 2.3

A person who bakes bread or cakes for a living

1 3.7

A creamy white sauce made from bread and flavored with cloves and onion, served with chicken or turkey

1 3.7

A common fungus that often grows on bread and looks fuzzy

1 2.7

A loaf made from whole wheat or other dark flours

1 1.6

A container that keeps bread or cake fresh on the kitchen counter

1 2.8

A small round bread with a hollow inside to hold fillings

1 1.6

A sweet bread with pieces of chopped dates

1 3.5

Bread made with a mixture of flour and water that has natural yeast, giving a tangy taste

A sweet moist loaf that has chopped dates and nuts, often eaten as a snack or dessert

A white wheat bread made with bacteria that can grow in salty dough and a cornmeal starter

A round loaf made with baking soda and buttermilk, often with raisins or caraway seeds

1 2.5

Bread made with small chopped onions mixed into the dough

bread and salt
  • Literature
1 5.2

A welcome gesture offering bread and salt to guests

A sweet thin slice of cucumber kept in vinegar, sugar, and onion

1 4.7

Bread cooked in a skillet over a fire, often made as cornbread or soda bread with ham added

A light, soft pale loaf often used for sandwiches and toast

1 2.7

A board used for cutting bread and working dough

1 2.3

A sweet bread often made with dried fruit and served with tea

pilot bread
  • Archaic
1 8.1

A very hard plain biscuit that keeps for a long time and sailors use on ships

An eight-day Jewish festival in spring that remembers the Israelites leaving Egypt

1 2.0

Bread made from whole grain flour that keeps all parts of the grain

1 3.1

A soft pale bread made from white wheat flour

A moist rye bread that has molasses, spices, and orange flavour from Sweden

1 8.1

A soft bread made from cornmeal with a wet, thick mixture you eat with a spoon

A type of cornbread cooked in a frying pan that has a crisp golden crust

1 4.9

A bread made from coarse whole wheat flour

Bread made with small pieces of wheat that make it coarse and nutty

1 9.9

A yeast bread made with white flour, cornmeal, and molasses from New England

A dark bread made from rye flour with a tangy taste and caraway seeds

monkey bread
  • South African
1 9.9

A large fruit of the baobab tree with soft edible pulp

A dark steamed bread made from cornmeal and molasses, often served warm

A slice of sweet bread that is baked twice until it turns hard and crisp

bread god
  • Informal
9.1

A very skilled baker who people call as a joke

Bread made with caraway seeds that give it a warm, strong flavor

9.9

A plant with three-part heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple veins often in damp woods

dika bread
  • South African
9.9

A soft brown paste made from roasted wild mango seeds used as food and to thicken soups

A bread people make and share at celebrations to show freedom

monkey-bread tree
  • South African
9.9

A large African tree with a very thick trunk that has fruit with a soft inside that people eat

9.9

A thick starchy root that people eat in southern Africa

A climbing plant from South Africa with a large rough root like an elephant's foot

A large root that people eat and that grows in southern Africa

A South African vine with a very large underground tuber

kaffir bread
  • Archaic
9.9

A South African plant whose thick starchy centre people eat

9.9

A powder made from ground carob seeds used instead of cocoa powder

How Much

fortune
510 2.8
wealth
56 1.9
savings
522 1.0
cash
∞ 1.0
bread
  • Slang
99 8.3
pocket money
  • UK
9 1.5
loose change
11 3.1

Surface Forms

bread singular
breads plural

Etymology

A helpful way to remember bread for 'money' is that bread was seen as 'basic food' or 'livelihood', so people began using 'bread' to mean what you need to live; phrases like 'earn your bread' and related slang like dough keep this idea alive.