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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gelt

Gelt \Gelt\, n. [See 1st Geld.] Trubute, tax. [Obs.]

All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner.
--Fuller.

Gelt

Gelt \Gelt\, n. [See Gelt, v. t.] A gelding. [Obs.]
--Mortimer.

Gelt

Gelt \Gelt\, n. Gilding; tinsel. [Obs.]
--Spenser.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
gelt

"money," 1520s, from German, Dutch gelt "gold, money" (see geld (n.)). In some later uses, from Yiddish.

gelt

past participle of geld (v.); hence, as an adjective, "castrated" (mid-15c.).

Wiktionary
gelt

Etymology 1 n. (context rare English) A lunatic. Etymology 2

n. (context obsolete English) gilding; gilt. Etymology 3

n. A gelding. vb. (form of Simple past and past participle geld English) Etymology 4

n. 1 (context slang English) money. 2 tribute; tax Etymology 5

n. 1 (context Judaism English) money, especially that given as a gift on Hanukkah or used in games of dreidel. 2 (context Judaism English) chocolate candy in the shape of coins, usually wrapped in metallic foil, usually eaten on Hanukkah and often used for games of dreidel.

WordNet
gelt

See geld

geld
  1. v. cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" [syn: cut]

  2. [also: gelt]

gelt

n. informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]

Usage examples of "gelt".

Seine eigene Entdeckung, dass auch die geistige Produktion, bis in einem gewissen Punkte wenigstens, unter dem Gesetze der Kausalitat steht, dass jedeiner nor geben kann, was er hat, nur hat, was er irgenewoher bekommen, muss such fur ihn selber gelten.

Tonilda, the silk and jewel markets of Ikat Yeldashay or the iron foundries of Gelt.

Belishba, Chalcon, Gelt, Lapan and Kabin of the Waters: Ortelga, Paltesh, Tonilda, Ur-tah, Yelda and Sarkid of the Sheaves.

I thought, well, I'll go out to the lake tonight, meet 'em in Limna, and they'll be glad to see me for the gelt, for a dimber dinner and drinks, and maybe a couple uphill rooms for us after.

I heard he’s pushed the TWA divestment price way up, so when he gets the gelt he can funnel it straight into some account he’s holding, like some kind of zillion-dollar ‘buy up Vegas’ fund.