Meaning

2 senses
  1. Having no (or very little) money.

    Geldlos

    безде́нежныйbezdénežnyj

    безгрошови́йbezhrošovýj, безгроше́вийbezhrošévyj

    having no money

  2. That does not use money as a means of exchange.

    Near-synonym: nonmoney

    In eras when trade was largely by barter and taxes were usually paid in kind, moneyless transactions could constitute a large percentage of a national economy.

    безгрошови́йbezhrošovýj, безгроше́вийbezhrošévyj

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The "moneyless society" became centuries-old fantasy.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having no or very little money:
Русский
By meaning 1
having no or very little money:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having no or very little money:

Origin

From Middle English moneyeles, equivalent to money + -less.

From Middle English moneyeles, equivalent to money + -less.

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Forms

more moneyless, most moneyless
Comparativemore moneyless Lesson
Superlativemost moneyless Lesson

regular

Synonyms

57 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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