EnglishSynonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
bread [slang] bucks cabbage [slang] cash change chips coin currency dough gold green jack [slang] legal tender lolly [British] long green [slang] loot lucre money moola [slang] (or moolah) needful pelf scratch [slang] shekels (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim) tender wampumExamples
- //trying to scrape up the kale to buy more dope
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1bHistory and Etymology
Scots, from Middle English (northern) cal, from Old English cāl — more at colekale
noun
Synonyms
slang
- 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 //trying to scrape up the kale to buy more dopeSynonyms
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
bread [slang] bucks cabbage [slang] cash change chips coin currency dough gold green jack [slang] legal tender lolly [British] long green [slang] loot lucre money moola [slang] (or moolah) needful pelf scratch [slang] shekels (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim) tender wampumExamples
- //trying to scrape up the kale to buy more dope
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1bHistory and Etymology
Scots, from Middle English (northern) cal, from Old English cāl — more at colekale
noun
Synonyms
slang
- 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 //trying to scrape up the kale to buy more dopeSynonyms