Pelf
ahd-5
noun.
Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Frippery; rubbish; refuse; trash.
noun.
Money; riches; “filtby lucre”: a contemptuous term. It has no plural.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
money
;
riches
;
gain
; especially when
dishonestly
acquired
(cf.
lucre
)
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
informal terms for money
Word Usage
"They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,"
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
money
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
emolument
gain
lucre
mammae
pittance
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
affluence
and pence
assets
bottomless purse
bulging purse