Talk:money

Translations: In Croatian more apropriate would be: "novac", and not "pare". Word "pare" is used in pejorative meaning or as a joke. (pavor)

Projectlinks
exists for entries like this. Let's get those overlapping boxes moved to in-line text in an ===External links=== section, shall we? --Connel MacKenzie 07:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Major Revision
The "definitions" of money previously given were actually descriptions (excepting #6, an incorrect definition) of popular usage rather than a definition of what money is.


 * "#1" is covered in the new definition.


 * "#2" removed - inaccurate - other entities implies a private institution which cannot guarantee the value of currency without the state; the remainder is covered in the new definition.


 * "#6" removed - inaccurate - money does not have intrinsic value, this would be a commodity.
 * 2nd 3rd and 4th items under synonyms are word-for-word repetitions of previous definitions.

--2share 08:11, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Maintained Format: Simple Addition
Since I was being accused of mangling & destroying the formatting of the money page without any specific explanation or constructive criticism, I reluctantly conceded to this one simple addition:


 * 1) A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.

--2share 19:46, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

monies/moneys
I came here because I'm not sure if monies/moneys is a real word, could someone enlighten me?


 * Yes, monies is a real word. It is a rather technical word that means amounts of money for payment or collection. —Stephen 15:55, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * But that meaning is missing, as well as information on which senses are un/countable. Now some users will think the word is sometimes used in the plural in all senses.--Espoo (talk) 16:53, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
 * monies should be the plural of moni only --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:30, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Use of "monies" as a plural of "money" is well-attested. bd2412 T 19:24, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Moroccan Arabic
I've heard money as in "Do you have money on you?" in Moroccan Arabic that sounds a bit like the German Fluss. How do you write it in Arabic? User:Mallerd (Zeg et es meisje) 20:02, 31 May 2009 (UTC)


 * That’s ڢلوس (flūs, "money"), which is the plural form of ڢلس (fils, "a small coin"). In Standard Arabic script (to the east of Morocco), it is spelled فلوس. —Stephen 20:47, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Stephen. User:Mallerd (Zeg et es meisje) 22:23, 31 May 2009 (UTC)


 * It's . So it doesn't sound like German "Fluss" except in a Bavarian accent. It's a mystery to me why Dutch people always interpret the German as . For me it's the other way round. The closest Dutch vowel to German  is Dutch  (usually  in practice). Dutch "oe" sounds like German, though I do recognise that it's a little shorter. 92.218.236.143 08:55, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Maybe it is because the Dutch go skiing so often, so they hear a lot of Austro-Bavarian German... I don't know. I mean, I can see that with Dutch lacking one vowel in the system, you have to reinterpret, but why it's ever and always in the direction of is what I don't understand. 92.218.236.143 09:04, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Excessively wordy
I removed item 1 because it was excessively wordy and not in keeping with a dictionary format. 2share 02:05, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

RFD discussion: March–April 2018
Rfd-sense 9: "(as a modifier) Of or pertaining to money; monetary." --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 13:46, 19 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Definitely not, keep. Check derived terms. Maybe "monetary" can be removed. DonnanZ (talk) 14:11, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * EDIT CONFLICT: ::The two examples listed (money supply and money market) are both compound nouns. This is just attributive use. The definition is worded as if money were an adjective. I would be inclined to delete Leasnam (talk) 14:16, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: isn't that just an attributive use? — SGconlaw (talk) 14:15, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes it is. --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 14:18, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete, the usage examples of 9 aren't even in the same sense. This sense purely exists to cover attributive use. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  14:40, 19 March 2018 (UTC)


 * It is correctly shown as being a noun modifier, which happens to be used attributively, but it is not an attributive adjective. Money supply is a supply of money, money market is a market for money, a money bag is a bag for money. DonnanZ (talk) 15:06, 19 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete. Almost any noun can be used attributively, as a regular feature of the English language:
 * cupboard: Of or pertaining to cupboards (cupboard door)
 * cabbage: Of or pertaining to cabbages (cabbage soup)
 * and so on, about 10,000 times. I don't think we need that. Mihia (talk) 20:32, 19 March 2018 (UTC)


 * If it prevents an adjective being added it's worth keeping. DonnanZ (talk) 21:07, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * If there is a true adjective sense then that should be added. I can't think that there is, but if anyone wants to make a case for it ... Mihia (talk) 21:51, 19 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete. There are already senses that cover the two usexes and any adjective-like use, namely the other senses, which are being used attributively. As Mihia says, this sense would be like adding a sense "of or pertaining to cabbage" to cabbage: unnecessary, because it's just the existing sense(s) being used attributively. - -sche (discuss) 21:23, 19 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Deleted. - -sche (discuss) 18:42, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

marry money
How should the expression marry money be dealt with? --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:09, 17 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Possibly a new sense at money meaning "rich people". There are at least a few other expressions where money means rich people, e.g. old money, new money. Equinox ◑ 15:13, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
 * But in marry money is it plural also ? Uncountable maybe? --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:14, 17 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Uncountable, same as normal cash money. Equinox ◑ 18:23, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

near money
any asset easily made liquid, as government bonds or savings deposits. --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:50, 17 May 2021 (UTC)