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Used with verbs:
"
They refunded my money for the broken item."
(refunded)
"
I bet money on the game."
(bet)
"
He comes from money."
(comes from)
"
The money went to pay her medical bills."
(went)
"
I counted the money in the cash register."
(counted)
"
He got caught embezzling money from the company."
(embezzling, stealing, funneling, taking, extorting)
"
I need to pay him money for the bike."
(pay, give)
"
He earns a lot of money."
(earns, needs, brings in, has, borrows, makes)
"
She is collecting money to buy a gift for the teacher."
(be + collecting, be + asking for, be + raising, be + pooling)
"
He invested his money in the stock market."
(invested, put)
"
I spent all my money on gambling."
(spent, lost, threw away, squandered, wasted)
"
We need to exchange money."
(exchange, deposit, withdraw, transfer)
"
This doesn't cost much money."
(cost, take)
"
I owe him money."
(owe)
"
I received some money from her parents."
(received, got)
"
We are saving money for a new house."
(be + saving, be + setting aside)
Used with nouns:
"
I've been having money problems."
(problems)
"
I paid with a money order."
(order)
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She was arrested for money laundering."
(laundering)
"
He is not good at money management."
(management)
Used with adjectives:
"
I received grant money from school."
(grant, scholarship)
"
How can I make some easy money?"
(easy, extra, hard-earned)
"
The kidnappers are demanding ransom money."
(ransom)
"
She won prize money."
(prize, bonus)
"
This city was built with oil money."
(oil, private, corporate)
"
The company president took bribe money."
(bribe, hush)
"
This money is dirty."
(dirty, stolen, clean, borrowed)
"
I lost my rent money."
(rent, lunch, spending, gas)
"
We discovered it was fake money."
(fake, counterfeit, play)
"
I need retirement money."
(retirement, bail)
Used with prepositions:
"
I need money for groceries."
"
He will do crazy things for money."
(for)
