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monetary adj. pecuniary, cash, money, fiscal, financial, capital;
numismatic, Technical nummular, nummary: Monetary shortages
result from the government's tightening its hold on the economy
by raising interest rates.
money n. 1 currency, legal tender, medium of exchange, specie, (hard)
cash, ready money, banknotes, paper money, Brit notes, US bills,
coin(s), change, small change, Derogatory (filthy) lucre, pelf,
Colloq shekels, Brit lolly, readies, US folding money, cold
(hard) cash, US and Canadian and Australian shin-plasters; Slang
loot, dough, bread, spondulicks or spondulix, boodle, readies or
the ready, moolah, Brit rhino, US (long) green, greenbacks,
mazuma, wampum, simoleons, bucks, scratch, gelt, kale, cabbage,
lettuce, spinach: He makes daily rounds to collect the money
from the launderettes he owns. 2 resources, wealth, fortune,
funds, capital, wherewithal, affluence, means, (liquid) assets,
riches; Slang bundle: All the family money is invested in
long-term bonds. 3 gain, profit, net, Colloq take, percentage,
Slang rake-off: How much money does the shop take in at the end
of the day? 4 in the money. rich, wealthy, affluent, moneyed or
monied, well off, well-to-do, prosperous, Colloq flush, in
clover, in or on Easy Street, Slang loaded, well-heeled, rolling
in it or in money or in dough, filthy rich, stinking rich, fat:
They have been in the money since their uncle died.
mongrel n. cur, mutt, cross-breed, mixed breed, hybrid, half-breed,
Technical bigener; lurcher: There is little chance of that
mongrel winning a prize in the dog show.
monitor n. 1 watchdog, supervisor, sentinel, guard, guardian,
custodian; Brit invigilator, prefect, Rare prepositor or
praepostor; US proctor: The government has appointed a
committee to monitor oil prices. 2 (television) screen,
cathode-ray tube screen, CRT, display, Chiefly Brit visual
display unit, VDU: Do you prefer an amber, green, or
black-and-white monitor?
--v. 3 watch, oversee, observe, check (out or up on), audit,
supervise, superintend, scan, examine, study, follow, keep an
eye on, survey, keep track of, track, trace, record, Brit vet:
Before a drug is approved, it must be monitored through
thousands of tests.