pile of money
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpileandmoney
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pile
noun
uk/paɪl/us/paɪl/
objects positioned one on top ...
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money
noun[U]
uk/ˈmʌn.i/us/ˈmʌn.i/
coins or notes (= special pieces of paper) that are used to buy things, or an amount of these that a ...
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(Definition ofpileandmoneyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpile of money
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To argue that it is just apileofmoneyready to be spent is deceitful.
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Do they think that the doctors and nurses working in the charities make a hugepileofmoney?
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There is apileofmoneythat should be redistributed in favour of old-age pensioners.
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There is no use pretending: we cannot act as if we are going to put apileofmoneyon the table.
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They sometimes decide not to continue in existence because they have made apileofmoney.
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Bellick opens the bag to show thepileofmoneyinside.
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On this day the earth cracked before them and apileofmoneyappeared like dancing blue flames.
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Dmitri is next seen in a daze on the street, covered in blood, with apileofmoneyin his hand.
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Even to my young eyes, the piles of money on those pavements were impressive.
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We had to spend piles and piles of money supporting our currency at an illogical, nonsensical level, and ultimately it was a crisis—a disaster.
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People do not go into the farming industry to make vast piles of money or for an easy life.
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There are some 1,300 acres, and piles of money is being spent there.
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Such children often need one-to-one tuition which is very expensive and local education authorities are reluctant to spend piles of money which they do not have.
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Sara- toga as a health resort had just been made an established fact, and more than one man saw the piles of money to be made in that enter- prise.
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