money-taker
Definition
- Noun:
- A person who collects money: "money-taker" refers to an individual whose job or role involves receiving payments or collecting money from others, typically in a formal or transactional context.
Usage Examples
- (The person who collects money at the gate.)
- (A person employed to receive payments.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be a money-taker": to function as the person responsible for collecting funds.
- In the old days, the money-taker would sit at the booth all day. (The person who collected money was stationed there.)
Variants and Related Words
- Money (n): a medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes.
- He needed money to pay for the goods. (Currency.)
- Taker (n): a person who takes or accepts something.
- There were no takers for the free tickets. (No one accepted them.)
Synonyms
- Collector: a person who collects things, especially money or taxes.
- The tax collector came to the house. (A person who gathers money owed.)
- Receiver: a person who receives something, especially payments.
- The receiver of the funds signed a receipt. (The person who accepted the money.)
Related Idioms
- Money talks: money gives power or influence.
- In that business, money talks, so the richest person always gets heard. (Wealth provides authority.)
- Take the money and run: to accept a payment and then leave quickly or avoid further responsibility.
- He took the money and ran after the deal closed. (He accepted payment and disappeared.)