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    mazuma
    /məˈzuːmə/

    noun

    • 1. money; cash: informal US "the society does its best on limited mazuma"

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  2. www.dictionary.com › browse › mazumaMAZUMA Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Mazuma definition: money. . See examples of MAZUMA used in a sentence.

  3. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishMAZUMA definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Jun 16, 2024 · 1. a medium of exchange that functions as legal tender. 2. the official currency, in the form of banknotes, coins, etc, issued by a government or other authority. 3. a particular denomination or form of currency. silver money. 4. property or assets with reference to their realizable value.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › mazumaMazuma Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    məˈzümə. plural -s. slang. : money. Word History. Etymology. Yiddish mezumen, from Hebrew mĕzūmān, mĕzummān fixed, appointed. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › mazumaMazuma - definition of mazuma by The Free Dictionary

    mazuma. noun. Slang. Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange: cash, currency, lucre, money. Informal: wampum. Slang: bread, cabbage, dough, gelt, green, jack, lettuce, long green, moola, scratch. Chiefly British: brass. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.

  6. www.oed.com › dictionary › mazuma_nmazuma, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    The earliest known use of the noun mazuma is in the 1900s. OED's earliest evidence for mazuma is from 1900, in the writing of T. J. Carry.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › mazumas'MAZUMA Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com

    Origin of mazuma 1 First recorded in 1895–1900; from Yiddish mazume, mezumen, from Mishnaic Hebrew mĕzūmmānīm “ready money, cash,” from mĕzūmmān “prepared,” akin to zĕman “time”; cf. monsoon , Sivan

  8. www.wordsense.eu › mazumamazuma: meaning, definition - WordSense

    mazuma (English) Origin & history From Yiddish מזומן (mezumen, "cash"), from Hebrew מְזוּמָּן (m'zumán, "prepared, ready; cash"), passive present participle of זִימֵּן (zimén, "to prepare, appoint"). Pronunciation. IPA: /məˈzuːmə/ Noun mazuma (uncountable) (US, slang) Cash, money.