mazuma
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mazuma
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Yiddish mazume, mezumen, from Mishnaic Hebrew mĕzūmmānīm “ready money, cash,” from mĕzūmmān “prepared,” akin to zĕman “time”; cf. monsoon ( def. ), Sivan ( def. )
Explanation
Mazuma is a slang term that means "money." If you're meeting your friends for lunch and you've got plenty of mazuma in your pocket, you might offer to buy them all milkshakes. The informal word mazuma can be used interchangeably with dough, moolah, Benjamins, or any of numerous other slang terms for "money." Mazuma comes from the Yiddish mezumen, or "cash," and it was first used in English during the late 19th century. If you can't stop thinking about those amazing (expensive) sneakers you saw at the store, you'd better start saving up the mazuma you need to buy them!
Example Sentences
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The guys with wads are not in the frame of mind to slack up on the mazuma, and the man with the portable tin banqueting canister isn't exactly ready to join the Bible class.
From Whirligigs by Henry, O.
When they want it, every one of these memoranda must be Johnny-on-the-spot before they can dig up the mazuma.
From Bucky O'Connor by Raine, William MacLeod
They can give orders an' shed mazuma, but as you say, they're plum babes.
From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack
It's all settled, if only I can connect with the mazuma.
From The Little Nugget by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
You'll have to raise scads of mazuma, son.
From Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West by Raine, William MacLeod
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