time money

noun

1. funds loaned or available to be loaned for repayment within a designated period of time, usually in installments.

Word History and Origins

Origin of time money¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Whatever costs—in time, money and potentially even personal liberty—these legal actions bring may be more than offset by the halo of martyrdom conferred on the defendant.

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"You put all this time, money and effort into advertising and I'm getting all these people to my website but they're not buying because they've lost that trust due to a scam with a similar name," she said.

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I’ve invested time, money, and emotion for decades, and right now, it feels like the people running the show don’t share that same investment.

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"Ukraine has spent the last 11 years pouring time, money, and effort into reinforcing the fortress belt and establishing significant defense industrial and defensive infrastructure," it writes.

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One woman says real-life dating costs "time, money, emotional energy - it's so exhausting".

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