dough
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8.6
- noun
- /doʊ/
- Slang
:
pasta (ESP)
- Do you think I care about the dough or the car?
- lots of dough
- get dough
- spend dough
You can take their dough and set their expectations.
- You can take their dough and set their expectations.
- Operating with an eye on the dough is what really matters.
- That's why I spend mad dough on bacon, egg and cheese.
- And it was for one of my friends who's she's got some dough, she's got money.
- And a few minutes later we got a reply and said that's a lot of dough, but OK, we'll do it.
Examples
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So, I'll save you the dough and myself some time.
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After working all week, he finally earned enough dough to treat himself to a nice dinner.
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Operating with an eye on the dough is what really matters.
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We just have a little more dough than you right now.
Fiction book (1994) -
"I could use the dough," he told me on the phone.
Fiction book (2001) -
Should I ask you where you got the dough?
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$2,600 is lot of dough where I live.
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Where else would he get the dough for a new Beamer?
Fiction book (1996) -
Tell Skyler we're short on dough.
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So he drifted for a spell, then he settled down here, making some dough.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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1.0
Money in the form of coins and bills
182
9.4
A slang word for money
104
8.3
Informal name for money used to buy things
53
4.4
Things stolen from shops during chaos
37
9.2
An informal word for money
7
9.9
Money in the form of cash or paper bills
7
9.9
Money you use to buy things
6
9.9
A slang word for money, often cash
5
9.0
An informal, playful word for money from Spanish
5
9.9
Money you can hold, like bills or coins
3
9.9
Informal word for money, often meaning cash
3
9.9
Money in cash that people use to buy things
3
9.9
Money gained in a dishonest or unfair way
1
9.9
An informal word for money, especially dollars
1
9.9
An informal name for money someone has to spend
1
9.9
An informal word for money
1
9.9
Cash or coins that someone has
1
9.9
A large amount of cash kept for spending
1
8.6
Small amounts of money
1
9.9
An informal word for money
1
9.9
Money gained by dishonest or shameful means
A playful word children use to mean money
Paper money and coins that you can spend
Informal British word for money, especially cash
Money that people use to buy things
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dough as informal 'money' comes from the idea that dough makes 'bread', and 'bread' has long been a casual name for money. So calling cash 'dough' is a simple way of saying money is something people need, like food.