- n. - coins and banknotes as a medium of exchange.
- (pl. -eys or -ies) (in pl.) Sums of money.
- a wealth. B wealth as power (money talks). C rich person or family (married into money). for my money in my opinion; for my preference. In the money colloq. Having or winning a lot of money. Money for jam (or old rope) colloq. Profit for little or no trouble. [latin moneta]
- order n. Order for payment of a specified sum, issued by a bank or post office.
MONTH
n. - (in full calendar month) a each of twelve periods into which a year is divided. B period of time between the same dates in successive calendar months.
- period of 28 days. [old english]
- of sundays n. Colloq. Very long period.
MOOCH
v. Colloq. - (usu. Foll. By about, around) wander aimlessly around.
- esp. Us cadge; steal. [probably from french muchier skulk]
MOODY
—adj. (-ier, -iest) given to changes of mood; gloomy, sullen. —n. (pl. -ies) colloq. Bad mood; tantrum. moodily adv. Moodiness n. [related to *mood1]
MOONY
adj. (-ier, -iest) listless; stupidly dreamy.
MOOSE
n. (pl. Same) n. American deer; elk. [narragansett]
MOPED
n. Two-wheeled low-powered motor vehicle with pedals. [swedish: related to *motor, *pedal]
MORAL
law n. The conditions to be satisfied by any right course of action.
- philosophy n. Branch of philosophy concerned with ethics.
- victory n. Defeat that has some of the satisfactory elements of victory.
- —adj. - a concerned with goodness or badness of human character or behaviour, or with the distinction between right and wrong. B concerned with accepted rules and standards of human behaviour.
- a virtuous in general conduct. B capable of moral action.
- (of rights or duties etc.) Founded on moral not actual law.
- associated with the psychological rather than the physical (moral courage; moral support). —n. - moral lesson of a fable, story, event, etc.
- (in pl.) Moral behaviour, e.g. In sexual conduct. morally adv. [latin mos mor- custom]
MORES
n.pl. Customs or conventions of a community. [latin, pl. Of mos custom]
MORON
n. - colloq. Very stupid person.
- adult with a mental age of 8–12. moronic adj. [greek moros foolish]
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