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prettygoodwordmazuma (muh-ZOO-muh) - n., money, cash.
Another Americanism, this one from the late 19th century, adopted from Yiddish slang mezumen, cash, from Medieval Hebrew m'zummān, fixed currency, metaphoric extension of literal meaning designated/fixed/appointed (see also English slang of "the ready" and "the needful" for money), passive participle of zimmēn, to arrange, from classical Hebrew zəmān, appointed time, from Akkadian simānu, season, time.
---L.
Another Americanism, this one from the late 19th century, adopted from Yiddish slang mezumen, cash, from Medieval Hebrew m'zummān, fixed currency, metaphoric extension of literal meaning designated/fixed/appointed (see also English slang of "the ready" and "the needful" for money), passive participle of zimmēn, to arrange, from classical Hebrew zəmān, appointed time, from Akkadian simānu, season, time.
---L.
