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moneyless

moneyless

1 7.3
Not using money, for example trading goods by barter
  • adjective
  • /ˈmʌniˌlɛs/
translation icon : sin dinero
  • In the moneyless society, all goods will be free.
  • moneyless society
  • moneyless world

Examples

  • In the moneyless society, those people will be liberated to perform tasks that are useful and pleasant.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • There should be songs about the moneyless world; when they sang them, they would feel united and proud of themselves.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Now imagine that you are a young boy growing up in a moneyless society.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I know some of these things are hard to see, even for people who believe in the moneyless world.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Now your moneyless society comes into being.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Three years after it began, the worldwide campaign of the Moneyless Society was doing fairly well.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • "What you are describing will certainly happen," he said, "but it will not destroy the moneyless society."

    Fiction book (1991)
  • A classless, moneyless society that socialism will transition into in short order.

    Blog text (26)
  • In the moneyless society, the farmer will contribute his cows and grain, the shoemaker his shoes, and so on, and everything will come out even.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • In a moneyless world, people rely on bartering goods instead of currency.

Synonyms

nonfinancial
vsmoneyless
1 4.6

Not about money or payments

focuses on absence of use or ownership, not domain or sector
nonmoney
vsmoneyless
6.4

Not involving money

is the same concept but expressed in a different word form
non-monetary
vsmoneyless
4.6

Not involving money, for example gifts or services

is used for general absence of use or possession rather than measurement

Surface Forms

moneyless positive

Morphology

moneyless = money (transparent) = money + less

The meaning 'not using or involving money' is a straightforward combination of 'money' + the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without'.

Etymology

Moneyless is made of money and the ending -less, which means 'without'. So a moneyless system is one that works 'without' money, for example by sharing or trading goods.