greed
pronunciation
How to pronounce greed in British English:
UK [ɡriːd]
How to pronounce greed in American English:
US [ɡriːd]
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- Noun:
- excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
- reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Word Origin
- greed (n.)
- "excessively eager desire to possess," c. 1600, a back-formation from greedy.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Fear and greed are supposed to govern financial markets .
- 2. While ambition is important , over-ambition and greed are harmful .
- 3. The current financial crisis is due to runaway government borrowing , poor banking credit controls , and galloping greed .
- 4. Unfettered greed has trashed the global economy .
- 5. These help handle the greed side of markets .