2020-11-07 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด M - money & monies

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2020-11-07 

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด M - money & monies

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง money = ‘MUHN-ee’

ออกเสียง monies =‘MUHN-eez’

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Frequently Asked Questions About money

What is the plural of money?

In its most common uses, money has no plural.

We say "some money," not "a money" or "many moneys/monies."

But when money refers todiscrete sums of money

obtained from a particular source or allocatedto a particular cause,

the word can be pluralized as moneys or monies,

with monies being the morecommon spelling.

Is it 'how much money' or 'how many money'?

When we want to know an amount of money,

we say "how much money," not"how many money."

What does 'money is no object' mean?

If money is no object, the price or cost of something does not matter.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Usage Notes

What is the Plural of 'Money?'

How (and when) to pluralize the one thing we never have enough of

What to Know

Money is typically a mass noun,

which means it gets used with some and not with a,

and lacks a plural form.

However, in some scenarios,

especially when it refers to discrete sums of money

obtained from a particular source or allocated to a particular cause,

money can be pluralized as moneys or monies,

with the latter being the more common spelling.

In most instances,

we treat money asa mass noun or noncount noun

—just like oxygen or mud or honesty.

You can't have a single mud or four honesties,

and in the same vein,

we don't say a money or one money or twenty-six moneys.

Even though it can be composed of discrete bills and coins, countable dollars and cents,

the concept of money is treated as a mass in English.

You either have money or you don't.

Plural Mass Nouns

However, like common mass nouns such as water and sand,

there are occasions when money is inflectedwith a standard plural,

like any count noun.

It tends to occur when the reference is to discrete sums of money, obtained from a particular source or allocated to a particular cause.

The spelling in these instance,

can be moneys or, more commonly, monies:

Some of the 2009 stimulus monies for high-speed rail should end up in the California project and more may be coming.
—James McCommons, Waiting on a Train, 2009

Under Oregon's unique "kicker" law, if general fund revenue tops projections by more than 2 percent, the entirety of the above-projection moneys goes back to taxpayers in the form of a rebate.
—Connor Radnovich, The Statesman Journal (Salem, Ore.), 23 Aug. 2017

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human resources announced it will use $22 million in settlement monies received from drug distributors to combat the drug epidemic in West Virginia.
—Kara Leigh Lofton, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, 21 Aug. 2017

The mood today is slightly less worshipful, and the reason is simple. Voters are tired of using public monies to enrich millionaire sports owners.
—Carl Hiaasen, Kick Ass, 1999

Correct Spelling

Most nouns that end in –ey take a standard -s plural:

monkeys, chimneys, attorneys, turkeys.

Moneys naturally follows that pattern.

Some usage critics decry the spelling monies

because it encourages a pronunciation akin to the plural nouns

ponies or cronies,

as though the singular noun were actually spelled mony.

These days, however, monies is in fact the more common spelling.

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

money & monies

Money is money,

a collective noun or mass word that rarelyappears in plural form.

When a plural is needed,

as in referring to the currencies of different countries,

the preferred spelling is moneys:

“The moneys of Great Britain, France, and Germany have a different base.”

In some financial reports and legal papers,

the plural monies appears, but this form is not generally approved.