mo ney-maker (money-makers ) also moneymaker N‑COUNT If you say that a business, product, or investment is a money-maker , you mean that it makes a big profit. [BUSINESS ]
mo n|ey mar|ket (money markets ) N‑COUNT A country's money market consists of all the banks and other organizations that deal with short-term loans, capital, and foreign exchange. [BUSINESS ] □ On the money markets the dollar was weaker against European currencies.
mo n|ey or|der (money orders ) N‑COUNT A money order is a piece of paper representing a sum of money which you can buy at a post office and send to someone as a way of sending them money by post. [AM ] in BRIT, use postal order
mo ney-spinner (money-spinners ) also moneyspinner N‑COUNT [usu adj N ] If you say that something is a money-spinner , you mean that it earns a lot of money for someone. [INFORMAL ] □ The films have been fantastic money-spinners.
mo n|ey sup|ply N‑UNCOUNT The money supply is the total amount of money in a country's economy at any one time. [BUSINESS ] □ They believed that controlling the money supply would reduce inflation.
Mon|gol /mɒ ŋg ə l/ (Mongols )
1 N‑COUNT The Mongols were an Asian people who, led by Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, took control of large areas of China and Central Asia in the 12th and 13th centuries A.D.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] Mongol means belonging or relating to the Mongols. □ …the Mongol invasions of the 13th century.
Mon|go|lian /mɒŋgoʊ liən/ (Mongolians )
1 ADJ Mongolian means belonging or relating to Mongolia, or to its people, language, or culture.
2 N‑COUNT A Mongolian is a person who comes from Mongolia.
3 N‑UNCOUNT Mongolian is the language that is spoken in Mongolia.
mon|grel /mʌ ŋgrəl/ (mongrels ) N‑COUNT A mongrel is a dog which is a mixture of different breeds.
mon|ied /mʌ nid/ → see moneyed
moni|ker /mɒ n I kə r / (monikers ) N‑COUNT The moniker of a person or thing is their name, especially when they have changed it. [INFORMAL ] □ She's the author of three detective novels under the moniker of Janet Neel.
moni|tor ◆◇◇ /mɒ n I tə r / (monitors , monitoring , monitored )
1 VERB If you monitor something, you regularly check its development or progress, and sometimes comment on it. □ [V n] Officials had not been allowed to monitor the voting. □ [V n] You need feedback to monitor progress. ● moni|tor|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …analysis and monitoring of the global environment.
2 VERB If someone monitors radio broadcasts from other countries, they record them or listen carefully to them in order to obtain information. □ [V n] Peter Murray is in London and has been monitoring reports out of Monrovia.
3 N‑COUNT [usu n N ] A monitor is a machine that is used to check or record things, for example processes or substances inside a person's body. □ The heart monitor shows low levels of consciousness.
4 N‑COUNT [oft N n] A monitor is a screen which is used to display certain kinds of information, for example in airports or television studios. □ He was watching a game of tennis on a television monitor.
5 N‑COUNT A monitor is the screen on a computer. □ Last night you went home without switching off your computer monitor.
6 N‑COUNT You can refer to a person who checks that something is done correctly, or that it is fair, as a monitor . □ Government monitors will continue to accompany reporters. SYNONYMS monitor ADJ 1
measure: I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office.
follow: She was following Laura's progress closely.
keep track of: They had become so numerous I hadn't been able to keep track of them.
supervise: He supervised and trained more than 400 volunteers.
monk /mʌ ŋk/ (monks ) N‑COUNT A monk is a member of a male religious community that is usually separated from the outside world. □ …saffron-robed Buddhist monks.
mon|key /mʌ ŋki/ (monkeys )
1 N‑COUNT A monkey is an animal with a long tail which lives in hot countries and climbs trees.
2 N‑COUNT [usu adj N ] If you refer to a child as a monkey , you are saying in an affectionate way that he or she is very lively and naughty. [FEELINGS ] □ She's such a little monkey.
mo n|key bars N‑PLURAL Monkey bars are metal or wooden bars that are joined together to form a structure for children to climb and play on. [AM ] in BRIT, use climbing frame
mo n|key wrench (monkey wrenches ) → see wrench
mono /mɒ noʊ/
1 ADJ Mono is used to describe a system of playing music in which all the sound is directed through one speaker only. Compare stereo . □ This model has a mono soundtrack.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Mono is the same as mononucleosis . [AM , INFORMAL ]
PREFIX mono-
forms nouns and adjectives that have 'one' or 'single' as part of their meaning. For example, a monochromatic picture uses only one colour.
mono|chrome /mɒ nəkroʊm/
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A monochrome film, photograph, or television shows black, white, and shades of grey, but no other colours. □ …color and monochrome monitors.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A monochrome picture uses only one colour in various shades. □ …an old monochrome etching of a brewery.
mono|cle /mɒ nək ə l/ (monocles ) N‑COUNT A monocle is a glass lens which people wore in former times in front of one of their eyes to improve their ability to see with that eye.