Money crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Money” are FINE, MARK or CASH, with 4 letters. Below are 73 answers from 3 to 12 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

WIN 3 letters · noun

something won (especially money)

FINE 4 letters · noun

money extracted as a penalty

FOUND 5 letters · noun

food and lodging provided in addition to money “they worked for $30 and found”

AMOUNT 6 letters · noun

a quantity of money “the amount he had in cash was insufficient”

ECONOMY 7 letters · noun

frugality in the expenditure of money or resources “the Scots are famous for their economy”

SPENDING 8 letters · noun

the act of spending or disbursing money

LIABILITY 9 letters · noun

an obligation to pay money to another party

COLLECTION 10 letters · noun

request for a sum of money

EXPENDITURE 11 letters · noun

money paid out; an amount spent

CONTRIBUTION 12 letters · noun

a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, FINE, MARK, CASH, DEBT, LOAN and SOAP all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: F → FINE · M → MARK · C → CASH · D → DEBT · L → LOAN · S → SOAP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, FOUND, PRICE, TERMS, FUNDS, SUGAR and PRIZE all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: N → FOUND · C → PRICE · M → TERMS · D → FUNDS · A → SUGAR · Z → PRIZE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, WIN, WON, BET, SUM, LEV and KIP all fit. The first letter settles most of it: W → WIN, WON · B → BET · S → SUM · L → LEV · K → KIP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “moneyed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “money” means

• noun: the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender (“we tried to collect the money he owed us”)
• noun: wealth reckoned in terms of money (“all his money is in real estate”)
• noun: the official currency issued by a government or national bank (“he changed his money into francs”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as MONEY, and words whose definition is MONEY. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.