say

head

say (third-person singular simple present says, present participle saying, simple past and past participle said)

says (present singular third-person)
saying (participle present)
said (participle past)
said (past)
say (infinitive)

From Middle English seyen, seien, seggen, from Old English seċġan (“to say, speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-h₁-yé-, a suffixed o-grade form of *sekʷ- (“to tell, talk”).
Cognate with West Frisian sizze (“to say”), Low German seggen (“to say”), Dutch zeggen (“to say”), German sagen (“to say”), Danish sige (“to say”), Norwegian Bokmål si (“to say”), Norwegian Nynorsk seia (“to say”), Swedish säga (“to say”), Yiddish זאָגן (zogn, “to say; to tell”).
The adverb and interjection are from the verb.

it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right

it's not what you say but how you say it

those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it

'My fifty pounds says three months after the invasion there'll be a free press in Iraq, and unmonitored internet access too.'

(transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.


coin

en-noun

coin (countable and uncountable, plural coins)

desc

→ Cantonese: coins (kon¹ si²) (from the plural noun form)

→ Japanese: コイン (koin)

From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.

der

...the coins were of all countries and sizes - doubloons, and louis d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight...

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.


launder

en-verb

launder (third-person singular simple present launders, present participle laundering, simple past and past participle laundered)

launders (present singular third-person)
laundering (participle present)
laundered (participle past)
laundered (past)

Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandena, from Latin lavō (“I wash”).

(money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.


cent

→ Cantonese: 仙 (sin¹)

→ Catalan: cent

→ French: cent

→ Georgian: ცენტი (cenṭi)

→ Hebrew: סנט (sent)

→ Italian: cent

→ Korean: 센트 (senteu)

→ Min Nan: 仙 (sian)

→ Polish: cent

→ Samoan: sene
→ English: sene

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: це̏нт

Latin script: cȅnt

→ Swahili: senti

→ Swedish: cent

Tok Pisin: sen
→ Rotokas: sieri

From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

It's true. 1.7 cents to make 1 cent. That really makes the phrase “you have to spend money to make money” ring painfully true.

2015 November 22, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.

(money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).


stiver

From Dutch stuiver, cognate with Middle Low German stüver.

(historical, money) A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.


DM

en-noun

DM (countable and uncountable, plural DMs)


seigniorage

If Government, however, throws the expense of coinage, as is reasonable, upon the holder, by making a charge to cover the expense (which is done by giving back rather less in coin than has been received in bullion, and is called levying a seigniorage), the coin will rise, to the extent of the seigniorage, above the value of the bullion.

1848, John Stuart Mill, chapter VI, in Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy. […], volume II, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC, book III (Exchange), page 25:

The old kingly prerogative of altering the coinage was taken away, the unit of the currency was declared definite and unchangeable, and the seigniorage on minting was abolished.

1896, William Arthur Shaw, History of Currency, 1252 to 1896:

As a result of the lower than expected production, the mint has halved the amount it provides to government coffers through seigniorage, which is the difference between the face value of a coin sold to the banks and its cost of production.

2019 November 4, Sarah Martin, “Rise of cashless society sees coin sales plummet for Royal Australian Mint”, in The Guardian:

(money) The revenue obtained directly by minting coin (difference between face value and cost of metal).


forgeable

en-adj

forgeable (comparative more forgeable, superlative most forgeable)

more forgeable (comparative)
most forgeable (superlative)

(of signatures, money, etc.) That can be forged (counterfeited).


rouf

(slang, obsolete, money) Four shillings.

I don't want a cockle – I don't want a neuf – I don't want a fat lady or a nevis – I don't want an exis, a flim or a rouf – or a carpet or bottle – These green flip-flops are a phunt a pair! And they've all got to go!

2014, David Eldridge, Market Boy, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 48:

(costermongers) The number four.
(slang, money) Four pounds sterling.


phantom withdrawal

en-noun

phantom withdrawal (plural phantom withdrawals)

automatic teller machine
automatic teller machine

(banking, money, finance) A cash withdrawal from an automatic teller machine where neither the customer nor the bank admits liability.


guldengroschen

(money, historical) A silver German coin that was worth one gold gulden in the 15th century and two thirds of a taler in the 17th century.