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What does the term 'money-grubbing' mean?
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Money-grabbing vs. money-grubbing. A money-grubbing person is one who greedily seeks to obtain money at every opportunity. The phrasal adjective derives from the noun money-grubber, which uses the verb grub in the sense of to dig or search.
money-grubbing. adjective. informal disapproving (also money grubbing) uk / ˈmʌn.iˌɡrʌb.ɪŋ / us / ˈmʌn.iˌɡrʌb.ɪŋ / (also mainly UK money-grabbing, money grabbing) Add to word list. Someone who is money-grubbing has money as their main interest and does anything possible to get a lot of it:
"Money grubbing" does appear to be the earlier version of the phrase; I was able to find it in a mid-18th century novel. But by the 1830s, "money grabbing" was beginning to appear, using the more familiar verb "grab". By the end of the 19th century it had overtaken "money grubbing" in the newspaper database newspapers.com:
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective money-grubbing. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Definition of money-grubbing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "MONEY-GRUBBING": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Definitions of 'money-grubbing' informal. seeking greedily to obtain money at every opportunity. [...] More. Synonyms of 'money-grubbing' • avaricious, grasping, greedy, mercenary [...] More. Examples of 'money-grubbing' in a sentence.
