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money | Business English
LAW
different amounts of money taken together:
in the money
informal
having a lot of money:
be/pour/throw, etc. money down the drain
make/lose money hand over fist
the smart/clever money is on sb/sth
there's money in sth
If you take this car to Texas, there's money in it for you.
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(Definition of money from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of money
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Once again, however, there were respondents who acknowledged, for example, that 'the money's diabolical, but my boss is really good'.
Section 3 examines the high money's worth ratio offered by insurance companies for price-indexed annuities.
There has been no decision on the purposes for which these moneys will be used.
Such claims are met from voted moneys and no insurance arrangements are necessary.
Can one have a separation of the social monies and the financial monies involved?
We have adopted the method of distribution of these moneys which a hundred years' experience has justified—experience of the great friendly societies in this country.
We are fortunate that the pound has not a fixed value in terms of foreign monies.
The racing industry depends very substantially upon the moneys raised by way of this levy.
Are they in any way covered by this grant and what additional moneys are made available?
Also, a life assurance company may pay into court moneys payable on a policy for which no sufficient discharge can otherwise be obtained.
Yes, but there are obvious difficulties in the way of ensuring that such moneys are recoverable.
Why do we not consider in this country some kind of political risk guarantee for investment of moneys abroad?
The other prize moneys range between those two figures.
The distinction was between persons trading for private profit and persons applying public moneys for public uses.
We must get an adequate share of the available moneys for rebuilding as the fleet is aged and many of the boats need replacing.
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Collocations with money
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Lawyers cost money and good lawyers cost a lot of money.
If a head of service had a small additional amount of money to spend, this was often used internally to upgrade staff with limited competition.
Borrowing money is consistently more common than spending savings.
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