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Money is wasted (in lost wages, missed opportunities, etc.) when a person's time is not used productively; time is valuable and should not be wasted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Generally attributed to Benjamin Franklin. See the cite from 1748.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
tyd is geld
— time is money
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Albanian:
koha është flori
— time is money
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Arabic:
اَلْوَقْتُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ
(al-waqtu min ḏahabin)
— time is money
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Bulgarian:
вре́мето е па́ри
(vrémeto e pári)
— time is money
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Chinese Mandarin:
一寸光陰一寸金 /一寸光阴一寸金
(yīcùn guāngyīn yīcùn jīn)
— time is money
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Chinese Mandarin:
時間就是金錢 /时间就是金钱
(shíjiān jiù shì jīnqián)
— time is money
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Czech:
čas jsou peníze
— time is money
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Danish:
tid er penge
— time is money
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Dutch:
tijd is geld
— time is money
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Estonian:
aeg on raha
— time is money
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Finnish:
aika on rahaa
— time is money
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French:
le temps vaut argent
— time is money
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French:
le temps, c'est de l'argent
— time is money
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German:
Zeit ist Geld
— time is money
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Greek:
ο χρόνος είναι χρήμα
(o chrónos eínai chríma)
— time is money
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Hindi:
समय ही धन है
(samay hī dhan hai)
— time is money
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Hungarian:
az idő pénz
— time is money
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Indonesian:
waktu adalah uang
— time is money
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Italian:
il tempo è denaro
— time is money
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Japanese:
時は金なり
(toki wa kane nari)
— time is money
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Khmer:
ពេលវេលា ជាមាសប្រាក់
(peilveiliə ciəmiəhprak)
— time is money
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Korean:
시간은 돈이다
(siganeun donida)
— time is money
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Lao:
ເວລາເປັນເງິນເປັນທອງ
(wē lā pen ngœn pen thǭng)
— time is money
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Lithuanian:
laikas - pinigai
— time is money
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Malay:
masa itu emas
— time is money
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Norwegian:
tid er penger
— time is money
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Persian:
وقت طلاست
— time is money
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Polish:
czas to pieniądz
— time is money
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Portuguese:
tempo é dinheiro
— time is money
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Romanian:
timpul înseamnă bani
— time is money
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Spanish:
el tiempo es oro
— time is money
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Swedish:
tid är pengar
— time is money
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Thai:
เวลาเป็นเงินเป็นทอง
(wee-laa-bpen-ngən-bpen-tɔɔng)
— time is money
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Turkish:
vakit nakittir
— time is money
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Vietnamese:
thời gian là tiền bạc
— time is money
