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moneys

moneys

7.7
Separate amounts of cash recorded or kept individually
  • noun
  • /ˈmʌniz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fondos
  • The contract specified that all moneys should be accounted for separately in the financial report.

Examples

  • In the legal case, the judge carefully reviewed the various moneys involved in the settlement.

  • The accountant reported that the organization received several moneys from different donors this year.

  • I like where we have your money, my money, our money.

  • I mean, really, they made huge money for the, the, the families.

  • Lawyers have gone over it and you wire the money and you own it.

  • Well, the stock market's crashed, so my money has gone down rapidly now.

  • I've paid part in clothes, part in money, that kind of thing.

  • So how I've made my money since I was young.

  • I mean, what makes the most money for the cartels right now?

  • They base the penalty on how much money you defrauded people out of.

Synonyms

money
vsmoneys
1.0

Coins, bills, or bank savings people use to buy things and pay for services

means separate individual amounts often noted in legal or formal lists
funds
vsmoneys
5 1.0

Money available to spend for a specific purpose

views amounts individually rather than pooled for one purpose
monies
vsmoneys
  • Formal
7.0

Different funds from separate sources used in legal or formal situations

is an older term stressing separate amounts considered individually

How Much

fortune
453 2.8
a lot of money
604 1.0
moneys
  • Specialized
7.7
pittance
15 7.9

Surface Forms

money singular
moneys plural

Morphology

moneys = money (semi-transparent) = money + s

The plural formation is regular, but this sense is specialized (legal or accounting use referring to separate sums), making the meaning somewhat non-generalizable for learners.

Etymology

Moneys is the plural of money and goes back to Latin moneta 'mint'. A helpful way to remember the legal use is to think of separate piles or 'separate sums' of money, which is why moneys can mean amounts counted one by one.