aurum

[ awr-uhm ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. gold. : Au

aurum

/ ˈɔːrəm /

noun

1. obsolete.
   gold

Word History and Origins

Origin of aurum¹

1490–1500; < Latin: gold

Word History and Origins

Origin of aurum¹

C16: Latin

Example Sentences

"People who've moved from India expect this from us," says Anupam Bhatia, owner of Aurum and Broadway Masala in the San Francisco Bay Area.

From BBC

Multi-strategy hedge funds did the best, posting a positive 5.9% return so far this year, just ahead of credit hedge funds with a positive 5.6% return, Aurum said.

From Reuters

Hedge fund strategies with mostly long trades betting equities would rise fared the worst with average returns of negative 2% for the year, the Aurum report said.

From Reuters

The game gave little airtime to the protagonist’s fiancée, Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, before killing her off, and hypersexualized Cindy Aurum, a mechanic who was constantly revealing cleavage.

From New York Times

Though under sanction by the U.S. and the European Union, Prigozhin is bankrolling films through Aurum Productions, a company he controls, to burnish Wagner’s image — and sully the West’s.

From Los Angeles Times