avarice

(ăv'ə-rĭs)
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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noun

Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves: acquisitiveness, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness, greed. Informal grabbiness. See desire, give/take/reciprocity.

n

Definition: extreme greed
Antonyms: generosity, philanthropy

IN BRIEF: Greed or passion for money or riches.

Misers are filled with avarice.

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• Spending, Receiving, and Possessing Wealth - avarice: excessive desire for wealth; greed

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - griskhed, begærlighed, gerrighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
hebzucht

Français (French)
n. - avarice, cupidité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Geiz, Habsucht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλοχρηματία, φιλαργυρία

Italiano (Italian)
avarizia

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 탐욕

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 強欲

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جشع, بخل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אהבת/רדיפת בצע‬

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