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(gĕlt) pronunciation
n. Slang
Money.

[Yiddish, from Middle High German geld, from Old High German gelt, recompense.]


gelt2 (gĕlt) pronunciation
v.
A past tense and a past participle of geld1.


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noun

    Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange: cash, currency, lucre, money. Informal wampum. Slang bread, cabbage, dough, green, jack, lettuce, long green, mazuma, moola, scratch. Chiefly British brass. See money.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Informal terms for money.

Tutor's tip: Note: "Geld" means to castrate a horse. "Gelt" is a slang term for money.

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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang:

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noun
noun

Money. (a.1529 —) .
C. Drummond 'The gelt?' said Reed....'Four thousand dollars,' said Miss Pocket (1968).

[From German, Dutch geld money; in early use often with reference to the pay of a (German) army.]


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