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for love or money

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love   (lŭv)   
n.  
  1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.

  2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.

    1. Sexual passion.

    2. Sexual intercourse.

    3. A love affair.

    4. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.

    5. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.

  3. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.

  4. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.

  5. An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.

    1. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.

    2. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.

  6. Love Mythology Eros or Cupid.

  7. often Love Christianity Charity.

  8. Sports A zero score in tennis.

v.   loved, lov·ing, loves

v.   tr.
  1. To have a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward (a person): We love our parents. I love my friends.

  2. To have a feeling of intense desire and attraction toward (a person).

  3. To have an intense emotional attachment to: loves his house.

    1. To embrace or caress.

    2. To have sexual intercourse with.

  4. To like or desire enthusiastically: loves swimming.

  5. Theology To have charity for.

  6. To thrive on; need: The cactus loves hot, dry air.

v.   intr.
To experience deep affection or intense desire for another.

[Middle English, from Old English lufu; see leubh- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These nouns denote feelings of warm personal attachment or strong attraction to another person. Love is the most intense: marrying for love.
Affection is a less ardent and more unvarying feeling of tender regard: parental affection.
Devotion is earnest, affectionate dedication and implies selflessness: teachers admired for their devotion to children.
Fondness is strong liking or affection: a fondness for small animals.
Infatuation is foolish or extravagant attraction, often of short duration: lovers blinded to their differences by their mutual infatuation.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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for love or money

see not for love or money.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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