Meanings
nounmoney-guard (plural money-guards)
plural money-guards · alternative money guard
- A person who guards money for someone else, often to prevent it from being spent on unscheduled needs.
Hamid himself also used a money-guard, storing $8 with his employer while waiting for an opportunity to send it down to the family home.
2010, Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven, Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day, →ISBN, page 9Synonyms: money-keeper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who guards money for someone else, often to prevent it from being spent on unscheduled needs.
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money-keeper
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APA
money-guard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/money-guard
MLA
“money-guard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/money-guard. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “money-guard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/money-guard.
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