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Informal name for money
Answer for the clue "Informal name for money ", 4 letters:
gelt
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Word definitions for gelt in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"money," 1520s, from German, Dutch gelt "gold, money" (see geld (n.)). In some later uses, from Yiddish.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.