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mazuma

 
Dictionary: ma·zu·ma   (mə-zū') pronunciation
 
n. Slang.

Money; cash.

[Yiddish mazume, mezumen, cash, from Medieval Hebrew məzummān, fixed currency, from Mishnaic Hebrew, fixed, passive participle of zimmēn, to arrange, invite, from Hebrew zəmān, appointed time, from Aramaic zəmān, zəman, from Akkadian simānu, season, time, from wasāmu, asāmu, to be fitting.]


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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, gelt, green, jack, lettuce, long green, moola, scratch. Chiefly British brass. See money.

 
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[Yiddish] money, cash
 
 
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