Meaning of money-love | Babel Free

Definitions

The desire, love, or avarice for money and/or wealth; love of money.

uncountable

Examples

“Most of the Jungle Bar people ignored the Money—lovers. They thought they were out of their heads on money—love all the time.”

“This passage reveals what money-love really is. A root is hidden in the evil; what it is we eventually see from the growth it sends up (snares and temptations). Money-love produces many hurts, worries, pains of conscience, and hurtful temptations which result in spiritual drifting.”

“The predicate naturally lacks the article so that we should not stress either "a root" or "the root." Money-love is "root of all the evils"; [...]”

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