<B>money-maker</B> or <B>moneymaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who is skilled in earning money or building a fortune; one who is well paid. <BR> <I>Ex. the country's No. 2 professional golf money-maker (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a thing which yields pecuniary profit. </DL>
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<B>money-making</B> or <B>moneymaking, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the acquisition of money. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>occupied in gaining wealth. <DD><B> 2. </B>yielding money; lucrative. <BR> <I>Ex. He sees the task of putting the slim, pale monthly on a money-making basis (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>moneyman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a person involved in finance; financier or banker. <BR> <I>Ex. The moneymen of world finance are meeting in Washington for an accounting of the way their various governments have handled their monetary affairs (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a financial backer; angel. </DL>
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<B>money market,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the market or field for the investment of money; the district or sphere within which financial operations are carried on. <BR> <I>Ex. Commercial paper is the money-market term for short-term borrowings of companies (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the body of persons carrying on such operations. </DL>
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<B>money market fund,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mutual fund that specializes in investments in short-term instruments of credit. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] recommends that investors place their cash ... in the money market funds--open-ended mutual funds that invest in short-term securities, commercial paper, and Treasury bills--that offer check-writing privileges (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>moneymonger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a dealer in money; moneylender. </DL>
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<B>money of account,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a monetary denomination used in reckoning, especially one not issued as a coin. In the United States, the mill is a money of account but not a coin. The nickel is a coin, but not a money of account. </DL>
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<B>money order,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an order for the payment of money. You can buy a money order at the post office, a bank, or certain commercial establishments, and send it to a person in another city, who can get the money at the post office, bank, or certain commercial establishments there. </DL>
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<B>money shell,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, edible clam of the Pacific coast of the United States; butter clam. </DL>
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<B>money spider,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small spider supposed to bring good luck in money or other matters to the person over whom it crawls. </DL>
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<B>money spinner,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Informal.) a person, thing, or activity that brings in a lot of money. <BR> <I>Ex. The trees have a reputation as money spinners because of quick maturity at high prices (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>money supply,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the total available currency circulating outside banks and the demand deposits in banks at a given time in a country; M-1, M-2, or M-3. </DL>
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<B>moneywise</B> (1), adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> so far as money is concerned. <BR> <I>Ex. It expects the semiconductor market ... to shrink moneywise (New Scientist and Science Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>moneywise</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> wise about money. <BR> <I>Ex. To help lure back some of the country's moneywise ... as well as other investors (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>moneywort, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a creeping perennial plant of the primrose family, having roundish leaves and solitary, yellow, dark-spotted flowers; creeping Charlie; creeping Jennie. It is native to Europe and naturalized in the eastern U.S. </DL>
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<B>mong,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Australian Slang.) a dog of mixed breed; mongrel. </DL>
<B>monger, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to deal or traffic in. <DD><B> 2. </B>to spread (pernicious gossip, ill will, or other evil). <DD><I>noun </I> a person who mongers; trafficker. </DL>
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<B>-monger,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a dealer in ______; person who sells ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Fishmonger = a dealer in fish.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who traffics in ______; person who spreads or busies himself with ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Scandalmonger = a person who spreads scandal.</I> </DL>
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<B>mongering, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> trading; trafficking (used especially as a second element in compounds). <BR> <I>Ex. All these ... militant mongerings of moral half-truths (Robert Louis Stevenson).</I> </DL>
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<B>monging, </B>noun. <B>=mongering.</B></DL>
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<B>mongo</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>-gos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a unit of money of the Mongolian People's Republic, equal to 1/100 of a tugrik. </DL>
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<B>mongo</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) objects of salvage, especially as considered of use or value by scavengers. <BR> <I>Ex. "Mongo" hunters ... will set fires and then come back ... for the lead piping, copper fixtures, and other such material that is ... then sold to junk dealers (Stacey Levere).</I> </DL>
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<B>Mongol, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of the Asiatic people now inhabiting Mongolia and nearby parts of China and Siberia. Mongols formerly lived also in eastern Europe. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=Mongolian.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>the language of the Mongols; Mongolian. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=Mongoloid.</B> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of this people. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=Mongolian.</B> </DL>
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<B>Mongolian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of Mongolia, the Mongolians, or their languages. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or belonging to the yellow-skinned, straight-haired race of mankind; Mongoloid. <DD><B> 3. </B>displaying characteristics of Mongolism; Mongoloid. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of the Mongoloid or yellow race living in Asia. Mongolians are traditionally characterized as having slanting eyes, prominent cheekbones, a short, broad nose, and straight hair that is dark brown to brown-black. The Chinese, Japanese, Tartars, and Eskimos are Mongolians. <DD><B> 2. </B>their language or languages. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person born or living in Mongolia; Mongol. <DD><B> 4. </B>a person who has Mongolism; Mongoloid. </DL>
<B>Mongolian gerbil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a gerbil of Mongolia and nearby parts of China that is often used for laboratory experiments. <BR> <I>Ex. It is the Mongolian gerbil, a creature about half the size of a rat, gray-brown in color, with a long, furry tail and large dark eyes (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<B>Mongolism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of mental deficiency characterized by certain body abnormalities, including a flattened face with slanting eyes and a short nose, a small, round head, broad hands and feet, and stubby fingers with the little finger often turned inward; Down's syndrome. It is caused by an imbalance or abnormality in the chromosomes. </DL>
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<B>Mongoloid, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>resembling the Mongols or Mongolians; belonging to the race that is traditionally characterized as having yellowish skin, slanting eyes, prominent cheekbones, a short, broad nose, and straight hair that is dark brown to brown-black. <DD><B> 2. </B>having characteristics of Mongolism. <BR> <I>Ex. the inferior mental growth of a Mongoloid child.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person of Mongoloid race. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person suffering from Mongolism. <BR> <I>Ex. Few Mongoloids have a mental age greater than that of a 4-year-old child (George A. Ulett).</I> </DL>
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<B>mongoose</B> or <B>mongoos, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gooses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a slender, flesh-eating mammal of Africa and Asia, like a ferret. There are various kinds, comprising more than one genus. It is often kept as a pet for destroying rats, and is noted for its ability to kill cobras and certain other poisonous snakes without being harmed. Also, <B>mungoos,</B> <B>mungoose.</B> </DL>
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<B>mongrel, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an animal or plant of mixed breed, especially a dog. <BR> <I>Ex. Our pet dog is a mongrel of no particular breed.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person of mixed breed (used in an unfriendly way). <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) anything of a haphazardly mixed nature. <DD><I>adj. </I> of mixed breed, race, origin, or nature. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) a mongrel speech that is half Spanish and half Indian. These mongrel pamphlets, part true, part false (Thomas Fuller).</I> </DL>
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<B>mongrelism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mixture of different breeds; the condition of being of mixed breeds. </DL>
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<B>mongrelize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to mix various elements, especially the characteristics of racial groups, supposedly to the injury of a dominant group of people (used in an unfriendly way). noun <B>mongrelization.</B> </DL>
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<B>mongrelly, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a mongrel. </DL>
<B>monies, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> sums of money. <BR> <I>Ex. authorized by the charter to pay out monies.</I> </DL>
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<B>moniker</B> or <B>monicker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a person's name or signature. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=nickname.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>any mark or sign used as identification by a tramp. Also, <B>monaker.</B> </DL>
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<B>monilial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> caused by one of a genus of pathogenic fungi. <BR> <I>Ex. monilial vaginitis.</I> </DL>
