Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

profit monger

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: prof-it -mon-ger
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person, business, or profession marked by avarice and greed.

Example Sentences

"Lawyers are considered to be profit mongers when the law is treated as a trade secret and the public process as a business owned and operated by the legal profession."

Etymology

From profit + monger.

Inflected Forms

profit mongers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

profiteer

Questions

What does profit monger mean?: A person, business, or profession marked by avarice and greed.
Where does profit monger come from?: From profit + monger.

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