Definitions For Moola

Noun

MOOLA (uncountable) (informal) money, money, cash. : Synonym: Thesaurus:money

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 金錢, 金钱, tr=jīnqián, 鈔票, 钞票, tr=chāopiào Finnish: tuohi, fyrkka, hynä, massi French: blé, oseille, pognon, thune, moula, f Georgian: მაყუთი, sc=Geor German: Penunze, f Portuguese: Grana Russian: капуста, f, sc=Cyrl Spanish: lana, f, plata, f, pasta Swedish: deg, c, stålar, c-p, kosing, c, para, c, klöver, c

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, moolah}}

Etymology

{{unk, en}}, attested since the 1920s. Suggested origins, none of which are accepted by mainstream lexicographers,Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. include: from {{cog, rom, mol, , have value, be worth}}Henry Hitchings, The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English {{ISBN, 0374254109}}, page 323 from {{cog, ga, moll óir, t=heap of gold}}Daniel Cassidy, The Secret Language of the Crossroads: How the Irish Invented Slang However, this is unlikely because of the difference in pronunciation. from {{cog, fr, moulin, , mill}} from {{cog, chn, moola, t=mill}}{{cite web, url=http://www.cayoosh.net/hiyu/money.html#engl, title=Cayoosh, work=cayoosh.net, access-date=2011-11-19, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805211632/http://www.cayoosh.net/hiyu/money.html#engl#engl, archive-date=2011-08-05, dead-url=yes, df=, accessdate=23 January 2019, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805211632/http://www.cayoosh.net/hiyu/money.html#engl#engl, archivedate=5 August 2011}} from {{cog, sa, मूल, , capital, principal}} coined by Chuck Green, a friend of {{w, Damon Runyon}}Attributed to {{w, Mario Pei}} by {{w, William Safire}}, 6/8/2003 "On Language" column in the New York Times.