Classes
Voluntary Powers
Possessive Relations
Monetary Relations
Monetary Relations
Nouns
money, legal tender
money matters, money market
finance
accounts etc. Accounts
funds, treasure
capital, stock
assets etc. (property) Property
wealth etc. Wealth
supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash
mammon. [colloquial terms for money] dough, cabbage. money-like instruments, MExistence , MInexistence , sum, amount
balance, balance sheet
sum total
proceeds etc. (receipts) Receipt . currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, hard cash, cold cash
dollar, sterling coin
pounds shillings and pence
Ls.d.
pocket, breeches pocket, purse
money in hand, cash at hand
ready money, ready cash
slug [U.S.] , wad [Slang] wad of bills [U.S.] , wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough [Coll.]
rhino, blunt, dust, mopus, tin, salt, chink
bottom dollar, buzzard dollar
checks, dibs [Slang] . [specific types of currency] double eagle, eagle
Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency
Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate, gold certificate
long bit, short bit [U.S.]
moss, nickel, pile [Slang] , pin money, quarter [U.S.] , red cent, roanoke, rock [Slang]
seawan, seawant
thousand dollars, grand [Coll.] . [types of paper currency, U.S.] single, one-dollar bill
two-dollar bill
five-dollar bill, fiver [Coll.] , fin [Coll.] , Lincoln
ten-dollar bill, sawbuck
twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck
fifty-dollar bill
hundred-dollar bill, C-note. [types of U.S. coins: list] penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper [ - ]
half-dime, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel, dime, disme, mercury dime, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B. Anthony dollar. precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget. petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit, stiver, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea
rouleau
wampum
good sum, round sum, lump sum
power of money, plum, lac of rupees. major coin, crown
minor coin. monetarist, monetary theory. [Science of coins] numismatics, chrysology. [coin scholar or collector] numismatist. paper money, greenback
major denomination, minor denomination
money order, postal money order, Post Office order
bank note
bond
bill, bill of exchange
order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat
blueback [U.S.] , hundi, shinplaster [U.S.] . note, note of hand
promissory note, I O U
draft, check, cheque, back-dated check
negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW. remittance etc. (payment) Payment
credit etc. Credit
liability etc. Debt . drawer, drawee
obligor, obligee
moneyer, coiner. false money, bad money
base coin, flash note, slip, kite [Slang]
fancy stocks
multiplier effect. [variation in the value of currency] inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency
deflation
stagflation. [relative value of two currencies] exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates. [place to exchange currencies] currency counter, currency exchange, gold standard, silver standard. bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account
certificate of deposit, CD. [money symbols] $ [U.S.] , US$ [U.S.]
Y
A$. [authorities controlling currency] Federal Reserve Bank [U.S.] , central bank [U.S.]
Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve
Treasury Department
Secret Service. [place where money is manufactured] mint, bureau of engraving. [government profit in manufacturing money] seigniorage. [false money] counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood) Deception . [cost of money] interest, interest rate, discount rate.
Verbs
amount to, come to, mount up to
touch the pocket
draw, draw upon
indorse etc. (security) Security
issue, utter
discount etc. Discount
back
demonetize, remonetize
fiscalize, monetize. circulate, be in circulation
be out of circulation. [manufacture currency] mint (coins) , coin
print (paper currency) . [vary the value of money] inflate, deflate
debase
devalue, revalue. [vary the amount of money] circulate, put in circulation
withdraw from circulation. [change the type of currency] exchange currencies, change money. charge interest
pay interest
lose interest.
Adjectives
monetary, pecuniary, crumenal, fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatic, numismatical
sterling
nummary.
Phrases
money rules the world, money makes the world go round
money is the mother's milk of politics" [Tip O'Neill]
money is the root of all evil
money isn't everything
as phony as a three-dollar bill
" don't take any wooden nickels."
Nouns
treasurer
bursar, bursary
purser, purse bearer
cash keeper, banker
depositary
questor, receiver, steward, trustee, accountant, Accountant General, almoner, liquidator, paymaster, cashier, teller
cambist
money changer etc. (merchant) Merchant . financier. Secretary of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer, minister of finance.
Nouns
treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper
cash register, kutcherry, bursary
strong box, strong hold, strong room
coffer
chest etc. (receptacle) Receptacle
safe
bank vault
depository etc. Store
till, tiller
purse
money bag, money box
pocket, breeches pocket. sinking fund
stocks
public stocks, public funds, public securities, parliamentary stocks, parliamentary funds, parliamentary securities
Consols
bonds.
Nouns
wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune, opulence, affluence
good circumstances, easy circumstances
independence
competence etc. (sufficiency) Sufficiency
solvency. provision, livelihood, maintenance
alimony, dowry
means, resources, substance
property etc. Property
command of money. income etc. Receipt
capital, money
round sum etc. (treasure) Money
mint of money, mine of wealth, bonanza, Pacatolus, Golconda, Potosi. long purse, full purse, well lined purse, heavy purse, deep pockets
Mammon, lucre, filthy lucre
loaves and fishes. rich man, moneyed man, warm man
man of substance
capitalist, millionaire, tippybob [Slang] , Nabob, Croesus, idas, Plutus, Dives, Timon of Athens
Timocracy, Plutocracy
Danae.
Verbs
be rich etc. adj.
roll in wealth, roll in riches, wallow in wealth, wallow in riches. afford, well afford
command money, command a sum
make both ends meet, hold one's head above water. become rich etc. adj.
strike it rich
come into a sum of money, receive a windfall, receive an inheritance, hit the jackpot, win the lottery
fill one's pocket etc. (treasury) Treasury
feather one's nest, make a fortune
make money etc. (acquire) Acquisition . enrich, imburse. worship the golden calf, worship Mammon.
Adjectives
wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, moneyed, monied, worth much
well to do, well off
warm
comfortable, well, well provided for. made of money
rich as Croesus, filthy rich, rich as a Jew
rolling in riches, rolling in wealth. flush, flush of cash, flush of money, flush of tin [Slang]
in funds, in cash, in full feather
solvent, pecunious, out of debt, in the black, all straight.
Phrases
love does much but money does everything
mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from Heaven" [Paradise Lost]
Nouns
poverty, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution, want
need, neediness
lack, necessity, privation, distress, difficulties, wolf at the door. bad circumstances, poor circumstances, need circumstances, embarrassed circumstances, reduced circumstances, straightened circumstances
slender means, narrow means
straits
hand to mouth existence, low water, impecuniosity. beggary
mendicancy, mendicity
broken fortune, loss of fortune
insolvency etc. (nonpayment) Nonpayment . empty pocket, empty purse
light purse
beggarly account of empty boxes. [poor people] poor man, pauper, mendicant, mumper, beggar, starveling
fakir, schnorrer
homeless person.
Verbs
be poor etc. adj.
want, lack, starve, live from hand to mouth, have seen better days, go down in the world, come upon the parish
go to the dogs, go to wrack and ruin
not have a penny etc. (money) Money , not have a shot in one's locker
beg one's bread
run into debt etc. (debt) Debt . render poor etc. adj.
impoverish
reduce, reduce to poverty
pauperize, fleece, ruin, bring to the parish.
Adjectives
poor, indigent
poverty-stricken
badly off, poorly off, ill off
poor as a rat, poor as a church mouse, poor as a Job
fortuneless, dowerless, moneyless, penniless
unportioned, unmoneyed
impecunious
out of money, out of cash, short of money, short of cash
without a rap, not worth a rap etc. (money) Money
out of pocket, hard up
out at elbows, out at heels
seedy, bare-footed
beggarly, beggared
destitute
fleeced, stripped
bereft, bereaved
reduced
homeless. in want etc. n.
needy, necessitous, distressed, pinched, straitened
put to one's shifts, put to one's last shifts
unable to keep the wolf from the door, unable to make both ends meet
embarrassed, under hatches
involved etc. (in debt) Debt
insolvent etc. (not paying) Nonpayment .
Phrases
a penniless lass wi' a lang pedigree" [Lady Nairne]
he that is down can fall no lower" [Butler]
steeped . . . in poverty to the very steeped . . . in poverty to the very lips" [Othello]
the short and simple annals of the poor" [Gray] .
Nouns
credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account. letter of credit, circular note
duplicate
mortgage, lien, debenture, paper credit, floating capital
draft, securities. creditor, lender, lessor, mortgagee
dun
usurer. credit account, line of credit, open line of credit. credit card.
Verbs
keep an account with, run up an account with
intrust, credit, accredit. place to one's credit, credit to one's account, place to one's account
give credit, take credit
fly a kite.
Adjectives
crediting, credited
accredited.
Adverbs
on credit etc. n.
on account
to the account of, to the credit of
Nouns
debt, obligation, liability, indebtment, debit, score. bill
check
account (credit) Credit . arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency etc. (nonpayment) Nonpayment
bad debt. interest
premium
usance, usury
floating debt, floating capital. debtor, debitor
mortgagor
defaulter etc. Nonpayment
borrower.
Verbs
be in debt etc. adj.
owe
incur a debt, contract a debt etc. n.
run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account
go on tick
borrow etc. Borrowing
run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable
run up debts, run up bills (spend) Expenditure . answer for, go bail for. [notify a person of his indebtedness: ] bill, charge.
Adjectives
indebted
liable, chargeable, answerable for. in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties
incumbered, involved
involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt
deeply involved
fast tied up
insolvent etc. (not paying) Nonpayment
minus, out of pocket. unpaid
unrequited, unrewarded
owing, due, in arrear, outstanding
past due.
Phrases
neither a borrower nor a lender be" [Hamlet] .
Nouns
payment, defrayment
discharge
acquittance, quittance
settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement. acknowledgment, release
receipt, receipt in full, receipt in full of all demands
voucher. salary, compensation, remuneration (reward) Reward . repayment, reimbursement, retribution
pay etc. (reward) Reward
money paid etc. (expenditure) Expenditure . ready money etc. (cash) Money
stake, remittance, installment. payer, liquidator etc. Treasurer . pay cash, pay cash on the barrelhead.
Verbs
pay, defray, make payment
paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight, pay in advance
cash, honor a bill, acknowledge
redeem
pay in kind. pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing
pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs
do the needful
shell out, fork out
cough up [Coll.] , fork over
come down with, come down with the dust
tickle the palm, grease the palm
expend etc. Expenditure
put down, lay down. discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of
foot the bill
account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with
strike a balance
settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with
quit scores
wipe off old scores, clear off old scores
satisfy
pay in full
satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands
clear, liquidate
pay up, pay old debts. disgorge, make repayment
repay, refund, reimburse, retribute
make compensation etc. Compensation . pay by credit card, put it on the plastic.
Adjectives
paying etc.
paid etc. v.
owing nothing, out of debt, all straight
unowed, never indebted.
Adverbs
to the tune of
on the nail, money down.
Nouns
nonpayment
default, defalcation
protest, repudiation
application of the sponge
whitewashing. insolvency, bankruptcy, failure
insufficiency etc. Insufficiency
run upon a bank
overdrawn account. waste paper bonds
dishonored bills, protested bills
bogus check, bogus cheque, rubber check. bankrupt, insolvent, debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher, stag, defaulter, levanter.
Verbs
not pay etc. Payment
fail, break, stop payment
become insolvent, become bankrupt
be gazetted. protest, dishonor, repudiate, nullify, refuse payment. pay under protest
button up one's pockets, draw the purse strings
apply the sponge
pay over the left shoulder, get whitewashed
swindle etc. Stealing
run up bills, fly kites.
Adjectives
not paying, non-paying, non-performing
in debt etc. Debt
behindhand, in arrear, behind in payments, in arrears
beggared etc. (poor) Poverty
unable to make both ends meet, minus
worse than nothing
worthless. insolvent, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted. unpaid etc. (outstanding) Debt
gratis etc. Cheapness
unremunerated.
Nouns
expenditure, money going out
out goings, out lay
expenses, disbursement
prime cost etc. (price) Price
circulation
run upon a bank. payment etc. Payment [Money paid]
pay etc. (remuneration) Reward
bribe etc. Reward
fee, footing, garnish
subsidy
tribute
contingent, quota
donation etc. Giving . pay in advance, earnest, handsel, deposit, installment. investment
purchase etc. Purchase .
Verbs
expend, spend
run through, get through
pay, disburse
ante, ante up
pony up [U.S.]
open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings
lay out, shell out [Slang] , fork out [Slang] , fork over
bleed
make up a sum, invest, sink money. run up debts, run up bills (debt) Debt . fee etc. (reward) Reward
pay one's way etc. (pay) Payment
subscribe etc. (give) Giving
subsidize.
Adjectives
expending, expended etc. v.
sumptuary.
Nouns
receipt, value received, money coming in
income, incomings, innings, revenue, return, proceeds
gross receipts, net profit
earnings etc. (gain) Acquisition
accepta, avails. rent, rent roll
rental, rentage
rack-rent. premium, bonus
sweepstakes, tontine. pension, annuity
jointure etc. (property) Property
alimony, palimony [Coll.] , pittance
emolument etc. (remuneration) Reward .
Verbs
receive etc. Receiving
take money
draw from, derive from
acquire etc. Acquisition
take etc. Taking . bring in, yield, afford, pay, return
accrue etc. (be received from) Receiving .
Adjectives
receiving, received etc. v.
profitable etc. (gainful) Acquisition .
Nouns
accounts, accompts
commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic
statistics etc. (numeration) Numeration
money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account. books, account book, ledger
day book, cash book, pass book
journal
debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account
account current
balance, balance sheet
account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts
profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts. bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping, reckoning. audit. [person who keeps accounts] accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper, bean counter [Sarc.]
financier etc. Treasurer
accounting party
chartered accountant, certified accountant
accounting firm, auditing firm.
Verbs
keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over
take stock
balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts
make accounts square, square accounts. bring to book, tax, surcharge and falsify. audit, field audit
check the books, verify accounts. falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the books, doctor an account.
Adjectives
monetary etc. Money
accountable, accounting.
Nouns
price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure
demand, damage
fare, hire, wages etc. (remuneration) Reward
value etc. Existence 2-price">Price.1. dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy
abkari
capitation tax, poll tax
doomage [U.S.] , likin
gabel, gabelle
gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff
brokerage, wharfage, freightage. bill etc. (account) Accounts
shot.
Verbs
bear a price, set a price, fix a price
appraise, assess, doom [U.S.] , price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up
distrain
run up a bill etc. (debt) Debt
have one's price
liquidate. amount to, come to, mount up to
stand one in. fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford.
Adjectives
priced etc. v.
to the tune of, ad valorem
dutiable
mercenary, venal.
Phrases
no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch. one may have it for
Nouns
worth, rate, value, intrinsic value, quality
par value. [estimated value] valuation, appraisal, assessment, appraisement. [value as estimated in a market] price current, market price, quotation
fair price, going price
what it will fetch etc. v.
what the market will bear. money's worth
penny's worth etc.
worth. cost (price) Price .
Verbs
value, esteem
appreciate. [estimate value] appraise, evaluate, assess.
Adjectives
valuable, estimable
worthwhile
worthy, full of worth. precious (expensive) Dearness .
Phrases
worth the price
worth a king's ransom
accountants who know the price of everything and the accountants who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Nouns
worthlessness, valuelessness
lack of value
uselessness. [low value] cheapness, shoddiness
low quality, poor quality. [worthless item] trash, garbage.
Adjectives
worthless, valueless
useless. [of low value] cheap, shoddy
slapdash. inexpensive etc. Cheapness .
Phrases
not worth the paper it's printed on, not worth a sou.
Nouns
discount, abatement, concession, reduction, depreciation, allowance
qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio, percentage
rebate, rebatement
backwardation, contango
salvage
tare and tret. sale, bargain
half price
price war. wholesale, wholesale price
dealer's price
trade price. coupon, discount coupon, cents-off coupon
store coupon, manufacturer's coupon
double coupon discount, triple coupon discount.
Verbs
discount, bate
abate, rebate
reduce, price down, mark down take off, allow, give, make allowance
tax.
Adverbs
at a discount, below par
at wholesale
have a friend in the business.
Nouns
dearness etc. adj.
high price, famine price, fancy price
overcharge
extravagance
exorbitance, extortion
heavy pull upon the purse.
Verbs
be dear etc. adj.
cost much, cost a pretty penny
rise in price, look up. [demand a price in excess of value] overcharge, bleed, fleece, extort. [pay a price in excess of value] pay too much, pay through the nose, pay too dear for one's whistle, pay top dollar.
Adjectives
dear
high, high priced
of great price, expensive, costly, precious
worth a Jew's eye, dear bought. at a premium. not to be had, not to be had for love or money
beyond price, above price, priceless, of priceless value. [priced in excess of value] unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, extortionate
overpriced, more than it's woth.
Adverbs
dear, dearly
at great cost, heavy cost
Phrases
prices looking up
too high a price to pay, not worth it.
Nouns
cheapness, low price
depreciation
bargain
good penny worth etc.
snap [U.S.] . [Absence of charge] gratuity
free quarters, free seats, free admission, pass, free pass, free warren, give-away, freebee [Coll.]
run of one's teeth
nominal price, peppercorn rent
labor of love. drug in the market
deadhead.
Verbs
be cheap etc. adj.
cost little
come down in price, fall in price. buy for a mere nothing, buy for an old song
have one's money's worth.
Adjectives
cheap
low, low priced
moderate, reasonable
inexpensive, unexpensive
well worth the money, worth the money
good at the price, cheap at the price
dirt cheap, dog cheap
cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty
catchpenny
discounted etc. Discount . half-price, depreciated, unsalable. gratuitous, gratis, free, for nothing
costless, expenseless
without charge, not charged, untaxed
scotfree, shotfree, rent-free
free of cost, free of expense
honorary, unbought, unpaid.
Adverbs
for a mere song, for a song
at cost, at cost price, at prime cost, at a reduction
Nouns
liberality, generosity, munificence
bounty, bounteousness, bountifulness
hospitality
charity etc. (beneficence) Benevolence .
Verbs
be liberal etc. adj.
spend freely, bleed freely
shower down upon
open one's purse strings etc. (disburse) Expenditure
spare no expense
Adjectives
liberal, free, generous
charitable etc. (beneficent) Benevolence
hospitable
bountiful, bounteous
handsome
unsparing, ungrudging
unselfish
open handed, free handed, full handed
open hearted, large hearted, free hearted
munificent, princely. overpaid.
Phrases
handsome is that handsome does" [Goldsmith] .
Nouns
economy, frugality
thrift, thriftiness
care, husbandry, good housewifery, savingness, retrenchment. savings
prevention of waste, save-all
cheese parings and candle ends
parsimony etc. Parsimony . cost-cutting, cost control.
Verbs
be economical etc. adj.
practice economy
economize, save
retrench, cut back expenses, cut expenses
cut one's coat according to one's cloth, make both ends meet, keep within compass, meet one's expenses, pay one's way, pay as you go
husband etc. (lay by) Store . save money, invest money
put out to interest
provide for a rainy day, save for a rainy day, provide against a rainy day, save against a rainy day
feather one's nest
look after the main chance. cut costs.
Adjectives
economical, frugal, careful, thrifty, saving, chary, spare, sparing
parsimonious etc. Parsimony . underpaid.
Nouns
covetousness, ravenousness etc. adj.
venality, avidity, cupidity
acquisitiveness (acquisition) Acquisition
desire etc. Desire . [greed for money or material things] greed, greediness, avarice, avidity, rapacity, extortion. selfishness etc. Selfishness
craving, canine appetite, rapacity.
Verbs
covet, crave (desire) Desire
grasp
exact, extort.
Adjectives
greedy, avaricious, covetous, acquisitive, grasping
rapacious
lickerish. greedy as a hog
overeager
voracious
ravenous, ravenous as a wolf
openmouthed, extortionate, exacting, sordid
insatiable, insatiate
unquenchable, quenchless
omnivorous.
Nouns
prodigality, prodigence
unthriftiness, waste
profusion, profuseness
extravagance
squandering etc. v.
malversation. prodigal
spendthrift, waste thrift
losel, squanderer, locust
high roller [U.S.] .
Verbs
be prodigal etc. adj.
squander, lavish, sow broadcast
pour forth like water
blow, blow in [Slang]
pay through the nose etc. (dear) Dearness
spill, waste, dissipate, exhaust, drain, eat out of house and home, overdraw, outrun the constable
run out, run through
misspend
throw good money after bad, throw the helve after the hatchet
burn the candle at both ends
make ducks and drakes of one's money
fool away one's money, potter away one's money, muddle away one's money, fritter away one's money, throw away one's money, run through one's money
pour water into a sieve, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
Adjectives
prodigal, profuse, thriftless, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful, losel, extravagant, lavish, dissipated, overliberal
full-handed etc. (liberal) Liberality . penny wise and pound foolish.
Adverbs
with an unsparing hand
money burning a hole in one's pocket.
Phrases
spendthrift alike of money and of wit" [Cowper]
squandering wealth was his peculiar squandering wealth was his peculiar art" [Dryden] .
Nouns
parsimony, parcity
parsimoniousness, stinginess etc. adj.
stint
illiberality, tenacity. avarice, greed etc. Existence 7-economy">Economy.1. miser, niggard, churl, screw, skinflint, crib, codger, muckworm, scrimp, lickpenny, hunks, curmudgeon, Harpagon, harpy, extortioner, Jew, usurer
Hessian [U.S.]
pinch fist, pinch penny.
Verbs
be parsimonious etc. adj.
grudge, begrudge, stint, pinch, gripe, screw, dole out, hold back, withhold, starve, famish, live upon nothing, skin a flint. drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain
cheapen, beat down
stop one hole in a sieve
have an itching palm, grasp, grab.
Adjectives
parsimonious, penurious, stingy, miserly, mean, shabby, peddling, scrubby, penny wise, near, niggardly, close
fast handed, close handed, strait handed
close fisted, hard fisted, tight fisted
tight, sparing
chary
grudging, griping etc. v.
illiberal, ungenerous, churlish, hidebound, sordid, mercenary, venal, covetous, usurious, avaricious, greedy, extortionate, rapacious.
Phrases
hoards after hoards his rising raptures hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill" [Goldsmith]
the unsunn'd heaps of miser's treasures" [Milton] .