Pelf

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. money; riches; gain; especially when dishonestly acquired (cf. lucre)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Frippery; rubbish; refuse; trash.
  • n. Money; riches; “filtby lucre”: a contemptuous term. It has no plural.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. informal terms for money
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    money   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    money    riches    lucre    gain   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    emolument    lucre    gain    mammae    pittance