avarice
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av·a·rice
(ăv'ə-rĭs) 
n.
Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.
n.
Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus, greedy, from avēre, to desire.]
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avarice
noun
- Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves: acquisitiveness, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness, greed. Informal grabbiness. See desire, give/take/reciprocity.
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avarice
IN BRIEF: Greed or passion for money or riches.
Misers are filled with avarice.
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categories related to 'avarice'
- Spending, Receiving, and Possessing Wealth - avarice: excessive desire for wealth; greed
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Avarice
Dansk (Danish)
n. - griskhed, begærlighed, gerrighed
Français (French)
n. - avarice, cupidité
Deutsch (German)
n. - Geiz, Habsucht
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλοχρηματία, φιλαργυρία
Português (Portuguese)
n. - avareza (f), cobiça (f), mesquinhez (f)
Русский (Russian)
алчность, жадность
Español (Spanish)
n. - avaricia, codicia
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - girighet, snikenhet
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
贪财, 贪婪
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 貪財, 貪婪
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) جشع, بخل
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אהבת/רדיפת בצע
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