mon|ey|grub|bing

mon|ey|grub|bing
mon|ey|grub|bing «MUHN ee GRUHB ihng», noun, adjective.
–n.
the amassing of money: »

Schiller's plot shows … the bourgeois world of social climbing and moneygrubbing (London Times).

–adj.
bent on amassing money: »

She … brought up her child to be “more cultured, less moneygrubbing, more spontaneous and creative” than she herself was brought up to be (Time).


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