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pelf

/pelf/noun

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धन-दौलत (विशेषकर बेईमानी से कमाई), माल

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noun
  1. 1

    [U] old-fashioned, disapproving

    money, especially when it has been obtained in a dishonest way

    धन-दौलत (विशेषकर बेईमानी से कमाई), माल

    • He gave up his honour for pelf and power.
    • Politics, for some, is only a means to pelf.

    Synonyms wealth riches lucre money mammon

    Opposite poverty

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

wealth riches lucre money mammon

Antonyms

poverty

§Grammar and usage

Usage: It often appears in the phrase 'pelf and power', and filthy lucre has a similar disapproving meaning.

Usage में यह अक्सर 'pelf and power' वाक्यांश में आता है, और filthy lucre का भी ऐसा ही तिरस्कार भरा अर्थ है।