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   What does Wonga mean?

   • Read more… Then you will be in the hunt for some serious wonga! They are the ones who bring in the wonga and pay everyone's wages. 17 meanings: British informal money → 1. a medium of exchange that functions as legal tender 2. the official currency, in the.... Click for more definitions.

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   What is Wonga?

   • Wonga is an online lender that offers flexible and affordable short-term loans of up to R8000*. Wonga | 925 followers on LinkedIn.*

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   When was Wonga first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun wonga is in the 1980s. OED's earliest evidence for wonga is from 1984, in a dictionary by Jonathon Green. wonga is a borrowing from Romani. Etymons: Romani wongar.

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   What happened to Wonga payday lender?

   • The payday lender Wonga has gone into administration. How did ‘wonga’ come to be used as slang for money? — The term is believed to have derived from the Romany word ‘wangar’ which, although used as a term for money, in fact means ‘coal’. This in turn has Indo-Iranian origins.

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   Is 470 quid a lot of Wonga?

   • money £3 million a year—that’s a lot of wonga. 470 quid is an awful lot of wonga. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app Definition of wonga noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   Sep 6, 2018 · The payday lender Wonga has gone into administration. How did ‘wonga’ come to be used as slang for money? — The term is believed to have derived from the Romany word ‘wangar’ which ...

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   What does the noun wonga mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun wonga . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   wonga. noun [ U ] UK slang uk / ˈwɒŋ.ɡə / us / ˈwɑːŋ.ɡə /. Add to word list. money. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Informal words for money. boodle. bread.

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   1. a medium of exchange that functions as legal tender. 2. the official currency, in the form of banknotes, coins, etc, issued by a government or other authority. 3. a particular denomination or form of currency. silver money. 4. property or assets with reference to their realizable value.

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   How did ‘wonga’ come to be used as slang for money? — The term is believed to have derived from the Romany word ‘wangar’ which, although used as a term for money, in fact means ‘coal’. This in turn has Indo-Iranian origins.

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   Definition of wonga noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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