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Language: terms for common words

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In English, there are many terms for the word "money". List several of these terms for money, and their different meanings? Why does the English language has so many words for money? What other possible focal vocabularies exist in English? How are these focal words related to a particular culture?

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A discussion of different terms used for words such as money, cars, children.

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Money: moolah, bucks, cash, grease, bread, clams, coin, dinero. Each of these are references to money. Most are slang terms only identifiable with other objects. Bread, clams are food stuffs. Buck is usually a dollar, but is used to indicate any amount of money...a buck, a few bucks. Cash is often considered an accounting or banking term. Cash is also interchangeable with ...

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