In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
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, cut
(verb) cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); “the vet gelded the young horse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gelt (plural gelts)
(rare) A lunatic.
gelt (plural gelts)
(obsolete) Gilding; gilt.
gelt
simple past tense and past participle of geld
gelt (plural gelts)
A gelding.
gelt (usually uncountable, plural gelts)
(slang) Money.
Tribute; tax.
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
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.