moola

noun

ˈmü-(ˌ)lä How to pronounce moola (audio)
variants or moolah
Definition of moolanext
slang
as in money
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment we dropped some serious moola on that home theater system

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Recent Examples of moola The Emeril Lagasse Foundation Innovation Kitchen (the celebrity chef/restaurateur’s foundation donated a pot-full of moola). — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2023 Not entirely surprising, as online vintage shopping is a haven for people who have worked in editorial but don’t quite have the moola to spend on the products featured in their magazines. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2021 Behind the film lie the Panama Papers—the millions of files, leaked in 2016, that demonstrated how the wealthy stash their moola offshore and thereby avoid the plebeian vulgarity of tax. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2019
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  1. money
  2. cash
  3. dough
Noun
  • By revoking money from global-health efforts, the U.S. has created the conditions for the health of people around the world to deteriorate, which will give tuberculosis even more opportunities to kill.
    — John Green, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Though the investments may seem legitimate, criminals eventually disappear with the consumers’ money.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of money
Noun
  • As an bonus, this would save the cash taking unnecessary detours to the federal government to pay bureaucrats, some of whom Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) suspects to be curiously well-off indeed.
    — Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to the cash payments, victims may be eligible for one year of three-bureau identity theft protection, credit monitoring, and at least $1 million of fraud/identity theft insurance, the settlement website states.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of cash
Noun
  • Lightly brush tops of dough wedges with more heavy cream; sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The $2 barbecue pork buns stole the show with their semi-sweet dough and tender pork.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of dough

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