# monies

/ˈməniz/ (US) · /mˈʌnɪz/ (UK)

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/monies
Updated: 2026-08-08

## Senses

### 1. sums of money

noun · CEFR C1 · Formal · Technical

different amounts of money or funds from several sources.

For teachers: Discrete sums of money or funds derived from various sources, typically used in financial or legal reporting.

- The government must decide how to distribute the monies collected from the new tax.
- The auditor requested a detailed breakdown of all monies received from international donors during the previous fiscal year.

Teaching tip: Advise students that 'money' is usually uncountable; 'monies' is a specialized term they will see in contracts or news reports, not in daily conversation.

## Examples

- The government must decide how to spend the public monies.
- The legal team worked for months to recover the stolen monies from several offshore bank accounts.
- The treaty specifies that all recovered monies must be returned to the original sovereign funds rather than being absorbed into the general treasury.

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