| waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
| money laundering | concealing the source of illegally gotten money |
| loan approval | formal authorization to get a loan (usually from a bank) |
money cowrie
Cypraea moneta | cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa |
cashbox
money box
till | a strongbox for holding cash |
| loan office | an office where loans are negotiated and repaid |
| money belt | belt with a concealed section for holding money |
pawnbroker's shop
pawnshop
loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
savings bank
coin bank
money box bank | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home, the coin bank was empty |
moneymaker
money-spinner
cash cow | a project that generates a continuous flow of money |
loanblend
loan-blend
hybrid | a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) |
loanword
loan | a word borrowed from another language, e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English |
calque
calque formation
loan translation | an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language, `superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch' |
| loan application | an application to borrow money |
| loan collection | a number of pictures loaned by their owners for exhibition |
| money market | a market for short-term debt instruments |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Freddie Mac
FHLMC | a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages |
| smart money | people who are highly experienced or who have inside information, the smart money said Truman would lose the election |
consumer finance company
small loan company | a finance company that makes loans to people who have trouble getting a bank loan |
industrial bank
industrial loan company | a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers |
savings and loan
savings and loan association | a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages |
| Home Loan Bank | one of regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region |
| Federal Home Loan Bank System | the central credit system for thrift institutions |
money handler
money dealer | a person who receives or invests or pays out money |
exchanger
money changer | one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country |
usurer
loan shark
moneylender
shylock | someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest |
honesty
silver dollar
money plant
satin flower
satinpod
Lunaria annua | southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration |
| money | wealth reckoned in terms of money, all his money is in real estate |
pile
bundle
big bucks
megabucks
big money | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit), she made a bundle selling real estate, they sank megabucks into their new house |
easy money
gravy train | income obtained with a minimum of effort |
| easy money | the economic condition in which credit is easy to secure |
| tight money | the economic condition in which credit is difficult to secure and interest rates are high |
loot
booty
pillage
plunder
prize swag
dirty money | goods or money obtained illegally |
| prize money | any money given as a prize |
hearth money
Peter's pence | an annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see |
| soft money | political contributions made in such a way as to avoid the United States regulations for federal election campaigns (as by contributions to a political action committee) |
| blood money | paid to a hired murderer |
| conscience money | payment made voluntarily to reduce guilt over dishonest dealings |
ransom
ransom money | money demanded for the return of a captured person |
| blood money | a reward for information about a murderer |
| hush money | a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret |
| blood money | compensation paid to the family of a murdered person |
punitive damages
exemplary damages
smart money | (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) |
| ship money | an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense |
entrance fee
admission
admission charge
admission fee
admission price
price of admission
entrance money | the fee charged for admission |
sum
sum of money
amount
amount of money | a quantity of money, he borrowed a large sum, the amount he had in cash was insufficient |
| smart money | money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information) |
earnest money
arles | money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract |
| seed money | capital needed to set up a new business or enterprise |
| money supply | the total stock of money in the economy, currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks |