101 words for 'money'

Greenbacks, scratch, rivets, frogskins. Call it what you will, it still spends.

By MSN Money Partner Jan 6, 2012 1:39PM

This post comes from Len Penzo at partner blog Len Penzo dot Com.

In 1737, Benjamin Franklin published "The Drinker's Dictionary," a list of more than 200 alternative terms and phrases for being drunk.

As far as I know, old Ben never published a similar list of synonyms for money -- which I find to be curious considering that he was one of America's first and most-quoted personal-finance experts.

With that in mind, I thought I would challenge myself to put together a fun collection of 101 slang terms for money. Post continues below.

I'll start with references to edibles and then branch out from there. So if you're ready, here we go:

Chips.
Bread.
Dough.
Roll.
Cabbage.
Lettuce.
Kale.
Bacon.
Clams.
Coconuts.
Beans.
Fish.
Potatoes.
Bananas.
Buckaroos.
Bucks.
Fins ($5 bills).
Sawbucks ($10 bills).
C-notes ($100 bills).
Hundies.
Benjamins.
Jacksons.
Grand.
G's.
K.
Smack.
Smackers.
Wampum.
Bills.
Moolah.
Means.
Checks.
Drafts.
Shrapnel.
Wad.
Plaster.
Bankroll.
Capital.
Finances.
Currency.
Funds.
Gold.
Stash.
Cash.
Bundle.
Fortune.
Lucre.
Chump change.
Pin money.
Shekels.
Resources.
Boffo.
Spending money.
Doubloons.
Wherewithal.
Treasure.
Dibs.
Bits.
Dollars.
Dinero.
Pesos.
Bullets.
Coin.
Simoleons.
Silver.
Pelf.
Tender.
Scrip.
Pittance.
Guineas.
Gelt.
Bones.
Stake.
Pap.
Spondulicks.
Quid.
Pocket money.
Specie.
Jack.
Change.
Scratch.
Mite.
King's ransom.
Mint.
Paper.
Loonies.
Mazuma.
Pieces of eight.
Frogskins.
Long green.
Folding green.
Green.
Greenbacks.
Riches.
Rivets.
Big ones.
Banknotes.
Dead presidents.
Chits.
Scrilla.
Loot.

Whew! That was fun! And if you want to add to the list, this is a friendly challenge to please do so.

More on Len Penzo dot Com and MSN Money:

Tags:

consumer guidesave moneysavings

< Back to Smart Spending

0Comments

DATA PROVIDERS

Fundamental company data and historical chart data provided by Morningstar Inc. Real-time index quotes and delayed quotes supplied by Morningstar Inc. Quotes delayed by up to 15 minutes, except where indicated otherwise. Fund summary, fund performance and dividend data provided by Morningstar Inc. Analyst recommendations provided by Zacks Investment Research. StockScouter data provided by Verus Analytics. IPO data provided by Hoover's Inc. Index membership data provided by Morningstar Inc.

Feedback

ABOUT SMART SPENDING

Smart Spending brings you the best money-saving tips from MSN Money and the rest of the Web. Join the conversation on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

Editor Bev O'Shea lives and works in the foothills of the Appalachians. A former copy editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Orlando Sentinel, she joined MSN Money in 2007. She's a fan of sunsets, college football and free shipping, among other things.

Having worked as a writer, reporter and editor for more than 25 years, Editor Julie Tilsner is the sort of person who can't help but correct grammar in Facebook postings and on billboards. She's written for BusinessWeek, the Los Angeles Times, Parenting, Redbook, AOL and others. She lives in Los Angeles County with her family and loves to drink wine and practice yoga, although not generally at the same time.

A writer for MSN Money since January 2007, Donna Freedman won regional and national prizes during an 18-year newspaper career and earned a college degree in midlife without taking out student loans. She also writes about smart money tactics for magazines and on her own site, Surviving and Thriving.

Mitch Lipka has been warning people about scams and shining light on questionable business practices for more than 20 years. Mitch, the consumer columnist for The Boston Globe, has also been a reporter and editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Consumer Reports, South Florida Sun-Sentinel and AOL. He won the 2010 New York Press Club award for best consumer reporting online and was honored in 2011 for his reporting on child product safety.

Marilyn Lewis is an award-winning writer with a passion for getting readers clear, straight information that helps them stay out of financial trouble. A former reporter for The San Jose Mercury News, she works from her home in Port Townsend, Wash. Contact her at MarilynLewis@Outlook.com.