quid. The slang quid is used by Brits, Australians, and New Zealanders to refer to a pound sterling or an Australian pound. Quid is recorded back to the 1600s and possibly comes from the Latin quid used in phrases such as quid pro quo.
"Quid" is a slang expression for the British pound sterling, or the British pound (GBP), the currency of the United Kingdom (U.K.). A quid equals 100 pence, and the nickname may stem from the Latin phrase “quid pro quo,” which translates as "something for something."
When put to the people of East London, the most popular enduring Cockney rhyming slang included 'pie and mash' (cash), 'Lady Godiva' (fiver), and 'Nelson Eddy's' (readies). 'Bread and honey' and 'bees and honey' were neck and neck in the race for 'money', with 'bees and honey' or 'bees' for short, coming out on top.
The most widely recognised Cockney rhyming slang terms for money include 'pony' which is £25, a 'ton' is £100 and a 'monkey', which equals £500. Also used regularly is a 'score ' which is... Bangers and Mash = Cash.
“Skint” is a British expression to mean being broke or having no money.
fiver = five pounds (£5), from the mid-1800s. More rarely from the early-mid 1900s fiver could also mean five thousand pounds, but arguably it remains today the most widely used slang term for five pounds. fin/finn/finny/finnif/finnip/finnup/finnio/finnif = five pounds (£5), from the early 1800s.
The slang name for the coin was Joey. We also used the words couple of coppers, tanner, bob, half-a-dollar, dollar, quid to mean the value or amount of the money needed, e.g. can you lend me ten bob please? It didn't really matter if in was made up of shillings and pennies, or any other coins.
Cockney Money Slang
The first things you gotta learn are that five pounds is a fiver, and ten pounds is a tenner. Then you gotta know the key money values: £20 is a Score, £25 is a Pony, £100 is a Ton, £500 is a Monkey, and £1000 is a Grand.
Some common synonyms of rich are affluent, opulent, and wealthy. While all these words mean "having goods, property, and money in abundance," rich implies having more than enough to gratify normal needs or desires.
The plural of “money” is spelt in two different ways – “monies” and “moneys”. Both are correct, but, according to my research, “monies” is the more modern spelling. Whichever way you spell it, the plural of “money” is used almost exclusively in formal business contexts.
Pounds, shillings, and pence
The coinage used in Victorian Britain had been much the same for three hundred years and was based on a system which had existed for more than a millennium. It lasted until 1971 when the currency was finally decimalised and the pound was divided into 100 smaller units.
money obtained by deception, fraud, artifice, etc.
The official currency of the United Kingdom is the pound sterling, known as the pound (£, GBP). Each pound is divided into 100 pence (100p = £1).
MONKEY. Meaning: London slang for £500. Derived from the 500 Rupee banknote, which featured a monkey. EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India.
Since decimalisation in 1971 , the pound has been divided into 100 pence. ) is made up of 100 pence (p) exactly like the dollar is split into 100 cents. The singular of pence is "penny".
Hunky-dory – is just a cool way of saying that something is just fine!
close-fisted. tight-arse (taboo, slang) tight-arsed (taboo, slang) mingy (British, informal)
The most widely used British slang words for poor are skint or strapped. These are ways of saying you or someone else has no money. There are other phrases such as “tightening your belt,” though this just implies a careful budgeting as opposed to outright poverty. Skint is the most common term.
money, cash. Lowie is a word that has come into Scots from Scottish Travellers and gypsy language and it has a very small entry in the Dictionary of the Scots Language ( HYPERLINK "http://www.dsl.ac.uk" www.dsl.ac.uk).
British pound sterling, sometimes known as the British pound (GBP), is the official currency of the United Kingdom (U.K.). It is commonly accepted that the Latin phrase "quid pro quo," which means "something for something" or an equal trade for goods or services, is the source of the 100-pence unit known as a quid.
Financial records, such as deposit, debts or contracts, were usually written down in terms of silver pennies, but larger sums were recorded in shillings (one shilling equating to 12 pence) and pounds (240 pence). Financial sums could also be recorded in marks (160 pence) and ora (originally 16 pence, later 20 pence).