'Pelf' definitions:
Definition of 'pelf'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Pelf'
From: GCIDE
- Pelf \Pelf\ (p[e^]lf), n. [OE. pelfir booty, OF. pelfre, akin to pelfrer to plunder, and perh. to E. pillage. Cf. Pilfer.] Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural. "Mucky pelf." --Spenser. "Paltry pelf." --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry? --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pelf'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affluence,
- and pence,
- assets,
- bottomless purse,
- bulging purse,
- capital gains,
- cash,
- circulating medium,
- cleanup,
- clear profit,
- coinage,
- coined liberty,
- cold cash,
- currency,
- debris,
- dividends,
- dollars,
- earnings,
- easy circumstances,
- embarras de richesses,
- emergency money,
- filthy lucre,
- fortune,
- fractional currency,
- gain,
- gains,
- garbage,
- get,
- gettings,
- gleanings,
- gold,
- gross,
- gross profit,
- handsome fortune,
- hard cash,
- hard currency,
- high income,
- high tax bracket,
- hoard,
- income,
- independence,
- interest,
- junk,
- kelter,
- killing,
- legal tender,
- litter,
- lucre,
- luxuriousness,
- makings,
- mammon,
- managed currency,
- material wealth,
- mazuma,
- medium of exchange,
- mintage,
- money,
- money to burn,
- moneybags,
- moolah,
- neat profit,
- necessity money,
- needful,
- net,
- net profit,
- offal,
- ooftish,
- opulence,
- opulency,
- paper profits,
- percentage,
- perk,
- perks,
- perquisite,
- pickings,
- possessions,
- postage currency,
- postal currency,
- pounds,
- proceeds,
- profit,
- profits,
- property,
- prosperity,
- prosperousness,
- rake-off,
- receipts,
- return,
- returns,
- rhino,
- riches,
- richness,
- rubbish,
- scratch,
- scrip,
- shillings,
- silver,
- six-figure income,
- smash,
- soft currency,
- specie,
- sterling,
- store,
- stuff,
- stumpy,
- substance,
- take,
- take-in,
- the almighty dollar,
- the wherewith,
- the wherewithal,
- trash,
- treasure,
- upper bracket,
- waste,
- wealth,
- wealthiness,
- winnings