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lettuce

lettuce

2 9.9
A slang word for money, often cash
  • noun
  • /ˈlɛtɪs/
  • Slang
: plata (Am.)
  • Yo, my man, can I borrow some lettuce?

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

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Examples

Synonyms

sugar
vslettuce
  • Slang
145 9.4

A slang word for money

is likewise informal but more likely used as a joking metaphor
dough
vslettuce
  • Slang
119 8.6

An informal word for money that people use

is similarly informal but often used with a joking tone
bread
vslettuce
  • Slang
99 8.3

Informal name for money used to buy things

carries the same informal sense but is often more jokingly visual
loot
vslettuce
59 4.4

Things stolen from shops during chaos

is informal cash slang but lacks the theft or illegality implication
scratch
vslettuce
  • Slang
17 9.2

An informal word for money

keeps the informal cash meaning but with more humorous tone
dinero
vslettuce
  • Slang
13 9.0

An informal, playful word for money from Spanish

is similarly playful but more tied to visual green imagery
moolah
vslettuce
  • Slang
7 9.9

Money you use to buy things

is also casual slang but leans slightly more playful or novelty use
clams
vslettuce
  • Archaic
4 8.6

Small amounts of money

shares casual tone but can imply larger or more playful cash sums
wampum
vslettuce
  • Archaic
4 9.9

Informal word for money, often meaning cash

is modern slang that sounds more playful and current
cabbage
vslettuce
  • Archaic
4 9.9

Money in the form of cash or paper bills

is also slangy and humorous but used more playfully in conversation
lucre
vslettuce
  • Archaic
3 9.9

Money gained in a dishonest or unfair way

is informal and playful without suggesting dishonourable gain
gelt
vslettuce
  • Slang
3 9.9

Money in cash that people use to buy things

is equally informal but typically used with humorous effect
shekels
vslettuce
  • Slang
2 8.6

Money that people use to buy things

is informal slang often used with humorous vegetable image
lolly
vslettuce
  • Slang
2 9.9

An informal name for money someone has to spend

is similar colloquial slang but often sounds more playful
kale
vslettuce
  • Slang
2 9.9

An informal word for money

is equally slangy but often used with a humorous vegetable image
boodle
vslettuce
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A large amount of cash kept for spending

is similar casual money talk but usually for ordinary cash amounts
simoleon
vslettuce
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An informal word for money, especially dollars

is the same slang style but used more as a joking image
pelf
vslettuce
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Money gained by dishonest or shameful means

is lighthearted slang focusing on cash not on moral judgement
greenstuff
vslettuce
  • Slang
1 5.4

An informal word for money or for green salad leaves

is the same playful cash sense but more purely slang and short

Compounds

A long, crisp vegetable with dark green leaves used in salads

A pale green lettuce with crisp, tightly packed leaves forming a firm round head

1 2.3

A type of lettuce with loose, curled leaves used in salads

A type of lettuce with soft, tender leaves often used in salads

1 4.2

A small round salad green with soft, slightly sweet leaves

1 3.1

A lettuce with leaves packed into a round ball like iceberg

1 8.5

A small green plant with soft round leaves that people eat raw in salads

A leafy vegetable grown in gardens for fresh salads

1 5.8

A small leafy green with a mild nutty taste often eaten in salads

A type of lettuce with soft, tender leaves that form a loose head

A type of lettuce with loose leaves that do not form a head

1 2.3

A type of lettuce with long crisp dark green leaves

1 4.9

A green edible seaweed with thin crinkled leaves found in shallow water

1 8.3

A wild plant from Europe with prickly stems that often grows in gardens as a weed

A floating tropical plant with soft green leaves that form a round cluster on water

A lettuce with firm, light green, tightly packed leaves and a crunchy texture, also called iceberg lettuce

A leafy garden plant with crisp leaves used in salads

1 6.3

A lettuce that people eat for its thick edible stem, often sliced for salads

A sandwich with bacon, lettuce and tomato that often has mayonnaise

A small water plant with round leaves that floats on calm ponds and slow-moving streams

Malheur wire lettuce
  • Specialized
9.9

A rare flowering plant from Oregon that looks like mustard and is at risk

A plant with tender edible leaves often eaten raw or cooked

sea-lettuce family
  • Specialized
6.6

A group of thin green algae like sea lettuce that grow along rocky coasts

white lettuce
  • Specialized
9.9

A wild plant with hanging groups of small yellowish white flowers

How Much

fortune
510 2.8
bankroll
8 5.5
lettuce
  • Slang
2 9.9
cash
∞ 1.0
pocket change
13 2.5

Surface Forms

lettuce singular
lettuces plural

Etymology

Lettuce is also used as slang for 'money'. A helpful way to remember this is that banknotes are green like lettuce leaves, so people began calling cash 'lettuce'.