mazuma

See also: mazumā

English

Etymology

From Yiddish מזומן‎ (mezumen, “cash”), from Hebrew מְזוּמָּן‎ (m'zumán, “prepared, ready; cash”), passive present participle of זִימֵּן‎ (zimén, “to prepare, appoint”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məˈzuːmə/

Noun

mazuma (uncountable)

  1. (US, slang) Cash, money.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 1181:
      I can post some strong-arm talent outside, but even non-Union like everything else in town, after a while that runs into considerable mazuma—so we should be thinking about longer-term solutions.

Latvian

Noun

mazuma m

  1. genitive singular form of mazums
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