Mercenariness
21niggardliness — n 1. parsimony, miserliness, penu riousness, meanness, churlishness, nearness; stinginess, tightness, tight fistedness, closefistedness, closeness, closehandedness, cheapness, Sl. chintziness. 2. scrimpiness, shabbiness, grudgingness, begrudg… …
22parsimony — n 1. miserliness, niggardliness, penu riousness, meanness, churlishness, nearness; stinginess, tightness, tight fistedness, closefistedness, cheapness, Sl. chintziness; graspingness, avidity, avarice, avariciousness, greed, cupidity, rapacity,… …
23greed — also greediness; noun 1) human greed Syn: avarice, acquisitiveness, covetousness, materialism, mercenariness; informal money grubbing 2) her mouth watered with greed Syn: gluttony, hunger, voracity …
24mercenary — /ˈmɜsənri / (say mersuhnree), / sənəri/ (say suhnuhree) adjective 1. working or acting merely for gain. 2. hired (now only of soldiers serving in a foreign army). –noun (plural mercenaries) 3. a professional soldier serving in a foreign army. 4.… …
25mercenary — [mʉr′sə ner΄ē] adj. [L mercenarius < merces, pay, wages, akin to merx: see MARKET] 1. working or done for payment only; motivated by a desire for money or other gain; venal; greedy 2. designating a soldier serving for pay in a foreign army;… …
26mercenary — adj. & n. adj. primarily concerned with money or other reward (mercenary motives). n. (pl. ies) a hired soldier in foreign service. Derivatives: mercenariness n. Etymology: ME f. L mercenarius f. merces edis reward …
27greed, greediness — ▶ noun 1 human greed: AVARICE, cupidity, acquisitiveness, covetousness, rapacity; materialism, mercenariness, Mammonism; informal mon …
