money-grubber
11money-grabbing — ˈmoney ˌgrabbing also ˈmoney ˌgrubbing adjective disapproving determined to get money, even by unfair or illegal methods: • I haven t turned into a nasty, cynical, money grubbing old man. money grabber also money grubber noun [countable] …
12money-grabber — money grabbing ˈmoney ˌgrabbing also ˈmoney ˌgrubbing adjective disapproving determined to get money, even by unfair or illegal methods: • I haven t turned into a nasty, cynical, money grubbing old man. money grabber also money grubber …
13money-grabbing — ˈmoney grubbing f13 (also ˈmoney grabbing) adjective only before noun (informal, disapproving) …
14money — n. 1 a a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes. b a particular form of this (silver money). 2 (pl. eys or ies) (in pl.) sums of money. 3 a wealth; property viewed as convertible into money. b wealth as giving power or… …
15money-grubbing — adj acquisitive, grasping, miserly, mercenary, mammonish, mammonistic FORMAL quaestuary * * * ˈmoney grubbing f13 (also ˈmoney grabbing) adjective …
16grubber — noun 1》 a person who is determined to amass something, especially in an unscrupulous way: a money grubber. 2》 an implement for digging up plants. 3》 (in ball games) a ball that runs closely along the ground …
17money-grubbing — adjective informal overeager to make money; grasping. Derivatives money grubber noun …
18grubber — ˈgrəbə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from grubben to grub + er 1. : one that grubs: as a. : one that digs in the ground …
19miser — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hoarder, niggard, money grubber, skinflint, penny pincher (sl.), tightwad (sl.). See parsimony. Ant., altruist, benefactor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hoarder of gold] Syn. extortioner, usurer,… …
20Howard Moscoe — (born circa 1940) is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, representing Ward 15 in the western part of Eglinton Lawrence. Among the most prominent and longest serving councillors in the city, he is also known for an outspokenness which has landed …
