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    noun: Money or wealth, especially when acquired in a dishonorable manner. From Old French pelfre (booty), which also gave us the word pilfer. Earliest documented use: 1425. “It is not as if the sheikh is short of pelf.

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    The definition of pelf in the dictionary is money or wealth, esp if dishonestly acquired; lucre. Find out the translation of pelf to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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    What does Pelf mean in English?
    In the late Middle Ages, the Anglo-French word pelfre, meaning "booty" or "stolen goods," was borrowed into English as pelf with the added meaning of "property." (Pelfre is also an ancestor of the English verb pilfer, meaning "to steal.") Eventually, pelf showed gains when people began to use it for "money" and "riches."

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    Is Pelf a French word?
    The English word is perhaps related to Late Latin pelfa, pelfra, pelfrum (“forfeited or stolen goods”), Middle French peuffe and French peufe, peuffe (“old clothes; rubbish”) (Normandy), and pilfer. pelf (countable and uncountable, plural pelfs)

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    What is a synonym for pelf?
    pelf (pelf ), n. money or wealth, esp. when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means. Synonyms: profit, gain, spoils, booty, mammon, more... Visit the English Only Forum. Help WordReference: Ask in the forums yourself. Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

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    What is the meaning of pelfra?
    Etymology: In low Latin, pelfra, not known whence derived; peuffe, in Norman, is frippery. The thought of this doth pass all worldly pelf. Philip Sidney. To trouble my still seat and heaps of precious pelf. Fairy Queen. I pray for no man but myself. William Shakespeare. He put it out again. John Dryden, Horace.

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    Why do we need a Pelf?
    More self-employment and higher consumption taxes essentially, not the capitalist plutocrats running away with all the pelf. That the rich can earn from their investments, continue to pile up the pelf and thus maintain their social status. For efficiency we rather require that people be motivated by that pelf and gilt. Pelf definition: .

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    What is Pelf in faulconry?
    Pelfe is properly the scrappes or shreds of taylors and of skinners. We of all people once that were the pelfe,..Almightie Ioue hath chosen to himselfe. Our memories are as..nets that keep the pelf, let go the clean water. Pelf..in Faulconry, is the refuse and broken remains left after the Hawk is relieved.

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