mazuma

See also: mazumā

English

Etymology

From Yiddish מזומן (mezumen, “cash”), from Hebrew מְזוּמָּן (m'zumán, “prepared, ready; cash”), passive present participle of זִימֵּן (zimén, “to prepare, appoint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈzuːmə/

Noun

mazuma (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) Cash, money.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1181:

     I can post some strong-arm talent outside, but even non-Union like everything else in town, after a while that runs into considerable mazuma—so we should be thinking about longer-term solutions.

Alternative forms

• mazooma

Latvian

Noun

mazuma m

1. genitive singular of mazums