mon|ar|chist /mɒ nə r k I st/ (monarchists ) ADJ If someone has monarchist views, they believe that their country should have a monarch, such as a king or queen. □ …the tiny monarchist party. ● N‑COUNT A monarchist is someone with monarchist views.
mon|ar|chy /mɒ nə r ki/ (monarchies )
1 N‑VAR A monarchy is a system in which a country has a monarch. □ …a serious debate on the future of the monarchy.
2 N‑COUNT A monarchy is a country that has a monarch.
3 N‑COUNT The monarchy is used to refer to the monarch and his or her family. □ The monarchy has to create a balance between its public and private lives.
mon|as|tery /mɒ nəstri, [AM ] -teri/ (monasteries ) N‑COUNT A monastery is a building or collection of buildings in which monks live.
mo|nas|tic /mənæ st I k/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Monastic means relating to monks or to a monastery. □ He was drawn to the monastic life.
Mon|day /mʌ nde I , -di/ (Mondays ) N‑VAR Monday is the day after Sunday and before Tuesday. □ I went back to work on Monday. □ The attack took place last Monday. □ I'm usually here on Mondays and Fridays. □ The deaths on Monday afternoon were being treated as accidental.
mon|etar|ism /mʌ n I tər I zəm, [AM ] mɑː n-/ N‑UNCOUNT Monetarism is an economic policy that involves controlling the amount of money that is available and in use in a country at any one time. [BUSINESS ]
mon|etar|ist /mʌ n I tər I st, [AM ] mɑː n-/ (monetarists ) ADJ Monetarist policies or views are based on the theory that the amount of money that is available and in use in a country at any one time should be controlled. [BUSINESS ] □ …tough monetarist policies. ● N‑COUNT A monetarist is someone with monetarist views.
mon|etary ◆◇◇ /mʌ n I tri, [AM ] mɑː n I teri/ ADJ [ADJ n] Monetary means relating to money, especially the total amount of money in a country. [BUSINESS ] □ Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.
mon|ey ◆◆◆ /mʌ ni/ (monies or moneys )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Money is the coins or bank notes that you use to buy things, or the sum that you have in a bank account. □ A lot of the money that you pay at the cinema goes back to the film distributors. □ Players should be allowed to earn money from advertising. □ …discounts and money saving offers.
2 N‑PLURAL Monies is used to refer to several separate sums of money that form part of a larger amount that is received or spent. [FORMAL ] □ We drew up a schedule of payments for the rest of the monies owed.
3 → see also blood money , pocket money
4 PHRASE If you say that someone has money to burn , you mean that they have more money than they need or that they spend their money on things that you think are unnecessary. □ He was a high-earning broker with money to burn.
5 PHRASE If you are in the money , you have a lot of money to spend. [INFORMAL ] □ If you are one of the lucky callers chosen to play, you could be in the money.
6 PHRASE If you make money , you obtain money by earning it or by making a profit. □ …the only bit of the firm that consistently made money.
7 PHRASE If you say that you want someone to put their money where their mouth is , you want them to spend money to improve a bad situation, instead of just talking about improving it. □ The government might be obliged to put its money where its mouth is to prove its commitment.
8 PHRASE If you say that the smart money is on a particular person or thing, you mean that people who know a lot about it think that this person will be successful, or this thing will happen. [JOURNALISM ] □ With England not playing, the smart money was on the Germans.
9 PHRASE If you say that money talks , you mean that if someone has a lot of money, they also have a lot of power. □ The formula in Hollywood is simple–money talks.
10 PHRASE If you say that someone is throwing money at a problem, you are critical of them for trying to improve it by spending money on it, instead of doing more thoughtful and practical things to improve it. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ The Australian government's answer to the problem has been to throw money at it.
11 PHRASE If you say that someone is throwing good money after bad , you are critical of them for trying to improve a bad situation by spending more money on it, instead of doing more thoughtful or practical things to improve it. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ Further heavy intervention would be throwing good money after bad.
12 PHRASE If you get your money's worth , you get something which is worth the money that it costs or the effort you have put in. □ The fans get their money's worth.
13 to be rolling in money → see rolling
14 money for old rope → see rope
15 to give someone a run for their money → see run
mo n|ey box (money boxes ) N‑COUNT A money box is a small box with an opening at the top, into which a child puts coins as a way of saving money. [mainly BRIT ]
mon|eyed /mʌ nid/ also monied ADJ A moneyed person has a lot of money. [FORMAL ] □ Fear of crime among Japan's new monied classes is rising rapidly.
mo n|ey laun|der|ing N‑UNCOUNT Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained. □ …the largest money-laundering scandal in history.
money|lender /mʌ nilendə r / (moneylenders ) also money-lender N‑COUNT A moneylender is a person who lends money which has to be paid back at a high rate of interest. [OLD-FASHIONED ]