noun
Meaning 1
A lunatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Standard Lemma guide
gelt
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UK: /ɡɛlt/
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rhymes with -ɛlt
noun
Meaning 2
Gilding; gilt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A gelding.
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noun
Meaning 4
Money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Qualifier: especially thieves' cant and Polari; later Judaism and general slang; especially thieves' cant and Polari; later Judaism and general slang
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noun
Meaning 5
Tribute; tax.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 6
Money, especially that given as a gift on Hanukkah or used in games of dreidel.
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Usage: Judaism, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 7
Chocolate candy in the shape of coins, usually wrapped in metallic foil, usually eaten on Hanukkah and often used for games of dreidel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, uncountable, usually
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verb
Meaning 8
simple past and past participle of geld
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Usage: form-of, participle, past
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noun
Meaning 9
informal terms for money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
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Broader terms: money
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish geilt.
Variation of gilt.
See geld.
In the basic sense of "money", attested since the early 16th century, initially from (an Early New High German continuation of) Middle High German gelt (modern German Geld), from Old High German gelt (“payment, money”), or in some cases from (an Early Modern Dutch continuation of) Middle Dutch gelt. Later, and in the Jewish-related senses, from Yiddish געלט (gelt). The German, Dutch and Yiddish words are all from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”). Doublet of native words geld and yield.