shekels

8.6

Money that people use to buy things

noun
/ˈʃɛkəlz/

Slang

: pasta

She always carries a few shekels in her wallet for emergencies.

Someone else with a few more shekels can come and take you out.

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Examples

You're literally compromising your ability to start something else, be happier, all for a couple shekels on the profit margin.
So they're trying to pull a couple more shekels out while it's good, right?
Someone else with a few more shekels can come and take you out.

Tom Ferry
I would have traded shekels for time for my young boys.
gold, the commodity, it costs what it costs, and you can pay in whatever sort of rupees or shekels or or
He saved his shekels so he could take his family on a vacation.
After selling some old furniture, I suddenly had more shekels to spend on new clothes.

Synonyms

cash

vsshekels

∞ 1.0

Money in the form of coins and bills

is an informal general word for money not limited to physical form

sugar

vsshekels

Slang

182 9.4

A slang word for money

is the same informal idea but a different slang variant

dough

vsshekels

Slang

149 8.6

An informal word for money that people use

is the same informal idea but a different slang variant

bread

vsshekels

Slang

104 8.3

Informal name for money used to buy things

is the same idea but a different informal expression

scratch

vsshekels

Slang

37 9.2

An informal word for money

is the same informal term but a different slang form

cabbage

vsshekels

Archaic

7 9.9

Money in the form of cash or paper bills

is the informal general word for money not limited to bills

moolah

vsshekels

Slang

7 9.9

Money you use to buy things

is the same meaning but another slang form

lettuce

vsshekels

Slang

6 9.9

A slang word for money, often cash

is the informal general word without the humorous tone

dinero

vsshekels

Slang

5 9.0

An informal, playful word for money from Spanish

is the same informal idea but without the playful reference

wampum

vsshekels

Archaic

3 9.9

Informal word for money, often meaning cash

is the informal modern word rather than an old term

gelt

vsshekels

Slang

3 9.9

Money in cash that people use to buy things

is the same informal idea but a different slang variant

simoleon

vsshekels

Archaic

1 9.9

An informal word for money, especially dollars

is the informal general word for money beyond dollars

lolly

vsshekels

Slang

1 9.9

An informal name for money someone has to spend

is the same informal idea but a different slang form

kale

vsshekels

Slang

1 9.9

An informal word for money

is the same informal idea but a different slang form

boodle

vsshekels

Archaic

1 9.9

A large amount of cash kept for spending

is the informal general word without implying large sums

clams

vsshekels

Archaic

1 8.6

Small amounts of money

is the informal general word not limited to small sums

wonga

vsshekels

Slang

9.9

Informal British word for money, especially cash

is the informal general term not tied to British usage

Surface Forms

shekel singular

shekels plural

Morphology

shekels = shekel (transparent) = shekel + s

Regular plural formation from the noun 'shekel'; the plural meaning 'money' is a straightforward informal generalization.

Etymology

Shekels comes from the old Hebrew word sheqel, which meant 'weight' and was the name of an ancient coin. Because shekel is now the modern money of Israel, people use shekels as a casual word for 'money' or 'cash', so the origin explains why it means money today.