Meaning greed
What does greed mean? Here you find 9 meanings of the word greed. You can also add a definition of greed yourself

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greed


"excessively eager desire to possess," c. 1600, a back-formation from greedy.
Source: etymonline.com

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greed


excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves avarice: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the [..]
Source: google-dictionary.so8848.com

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greed


a great longing to have more of something, even though you already have enough
Source: eenglish.in

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greed


zshednekeyt
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com (offline)

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greed


girikeyt
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com (offline)

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(n) excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves(n) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the d [..]
Source: beedictionary.com

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greed


avaritia
Source: latin-dictionary.org (offline)

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greed


A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions. ''His greed was his undoing.'' ''What drove them was their ambition, t [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org

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===Noun=== ====excessive desire for possessions==== =====Synonyms===== avarice covetise covetousness cupidity|Extreme greed, especially for wealth. greed greediness rapacity envy Roget 1911 * Moby I [..]
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