money-love

alternative money love · alternative moneylove

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

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

   2007, John A. Walker, The Zephyrman

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   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.

   2007, Dr. Aaron E. Lavender, Are you a Full Gospel Christian?

   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"; [...]

   2008, R. C. H. Lenski, Interpretation of St Paul's Epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon