desire to hoard wealth
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greed — noun acquisitiveness, appetency, avarice, avariciousness, avaritia, aviditas, avidity, covetousness, crapulence, cupiditas, cupidity, desire to hoard wealth, eagerness, edacity, excess, gluttonous appettite, gluttony, greediness, guiosity,… … Law dictionary
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avarice — /av euhr is/, n. insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth. [1250 1300; ME < OF < L avaritia, equiv. to avar(us) greedy + itia ICE] Syn. cupidity. * * * … Universalium
avarice — av•a•rice [[t]ˈæv ər ɪs[/t]] n. insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < OF < L avāritia=avār(us) greedy + itia ice … From formal English to slang
avarice — /ˈævərəs / (say avuhruhs) noun insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth. {Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avāritia greed} …
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