moneyless

English

Etymology

From Middle English moneyeles, equivalent to money +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌniləs/

Adjective

moneyless (comparative more moneyless, superlative most moneyless)

2. Having no (or very little) money.

   Synonyms: penniless; destitute; see also Thesaurus:impoverished

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:rich

4. That does not use money as a means of exchange.

   Hyponyms: barter (when attributive), in-kind

   Near-synonym: nonmoney

   In eras when trade was largely by barter and taxes were usually paid in kind, moneyless transactions could constitute a large percentage of a national economy.

Related terms

• unmoneyed

 

Translations

having no or very little money

• Bulgarian: безпаричен (bg) (bezparičen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貧窮／贫穷 (zh) (pínqióng), 一文不名 (zh) (yīwénbùmíng)

• Finnish: rahaton (fi)
• German: Geldlos
• Kyrgyz: акчасыз (ky) (akcasız)
• Middle English: moneyeles
• Russian: безде́нежный (ru) (bezdénežnyj)
• Ukrainian: безгрошови́й (uk) (bezhrošovýj), безгроше́вий (uk) (bezhrošévyj)

that does not use money as a means of exchange

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不使用金錢的／不使用金钱的 (bù shǐyòng jīnqián de)

• Finnish: käteisvapaa (fi)
• Kyrgyz: акчасыз (ky) (akcasız)
• Polish: bezpieniężny
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: безгрошови́й (uk) (bezhrošovýj), безгроше́вий (uk) (bezhrošévyj)

See also

• cashless (in its usual sense, quite different from moneyless)