gelt

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[ gelt ]
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verb
  1. a simple past tense and past participle of geld1.

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gelt2
[ gelt ]

nounSlang.

Origin of gelt

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1890–95; <Yiddish <Middle High German geld money; in earlier British dial. uses <German or Dutch; see geld2

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British Dictionary definitions for gelt (1 of 2)

gelt1

/ (ɡɛlt) /


verb
  1. archaic, or dialect a past tense and past participle of geld 1

British Dictionary definitions for gelt (2 of 2)

gelt2

/ (ɡɛlt) /


noun
  1. slang, mainly US cash or funds; money

Origin of gelt

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C19: from Yiddish, from Old High German gelt reward

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