GELT

boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum

(noun) informal terms for money

GELD

geld, cut

(verb) cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); “the vet gelded the young horse”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

gelt (plural gelts)

(rare) A lunatic.

Etymology 2

Noun

gelt (plural gelts)

(obsolete) Gilding; gilt.

Etymology 3

Verb

gelt

simple past tense and past participle of geld

Noun

gelt (plural gelts)

A gelding.

Etymology 4

Noun

gelt (usually uncountable, plural gelts)

(slang) Money.

Tribute; tax.

Etymology 5

Noun

gelt (usually uncountable, plural gelts)

(Judaism) Money, especially that given as a gift on Hanukkah or used in games of dreidel.

(Judaism) Chocolate candy in the shape of coins, usually wrapped in metallic foil, usually eaten on Hanukkah and often used for games of dreidel.

(archaic, UK, thieves and Polari) Money.

Source: Wiktionary


Gelt, n. Etym: [See 1st Geld.]

Definition: Trubute, tax. [Obs.] All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner. Fuller.

Gelt, n. Etym: [See Gelt, v. t.]

Definition: A gelding. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Gelt, n.

Definition: Gilding; tinsel. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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