Synonyms for money

noun

1. A medium of exchange

   gold, silver, cash, currency, check, bills, coin, coin of the realm, notes, coinage, specie, legal tender, Almighty Dollar*, beans*, gravy*, wampum*, shekels*, dough*, roll*, long green*, coins*, lucre*, folding money*, jack*, wad*, bucks*, ducats*, pesos*, dineros*, cabbage*, hard cash*, mazuma*, bread*.

   Types of money in various countries include --- United States: dollar, cent; United Kingdom: pound, penny; Russian Federation: ruble, kopeck; Brazil: cruzado, centavo; Mexico: peso, centavo; France: franc, centime; Italy: lira, centismo; Spain: peseta, centimo; Germany: mark, pfennig; Austria: schilling, groschen; Greece: drachma, lepton; Saudi Arabia: riyal, halala; Iran: rial, dinar; Libya: dinat, dirham; Turkey: lira, kurus; India: rupee, paisa; South Africa: rand, cent; Nigeria: naira, kobo; China: yuan, fen; Japan: yen, sen; Indonesia: rupiah, sen; Australia: dollar, cent.

2. Wealth

   funds, capital, property; see wealth 1, 2.

3. Merged interests

   financiers, corporate interests, capitalists, capital, financial structure, vested interests, moneyed group; see also banking, business 4.

4. Pay

   payment, salary, wages; see pay 2.

for one's money*

in the money*

make money

one's money's worth

place (<strong><em>or</em> </strong>put) money on

put money into