moola | moolah

Meaning: money

For example:

By the time he was fifty, Tony had so much moola that he never had to work again.
Most of the moolah they'd made from the drug trade was already gone by the time they were arrested.

Origin: Originally used in underworld criminal organisations like the mafia.

Variety: This slang is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:

Then the guy put a gun to my head and said, "Ok buddy. Where's the moola?", so I told him

where the money was
where the jewels were
where the drugs were

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