Legal and financial plural form of money, typically used when referring to separate funds, accounts, or types of currency. Less common than the standard plural 'monies'.
From Old French monoie, from Latin moneta 'mint, coin', named after the Roman goddess Juno Moneta at whose temple coins were minted. The plural forms developed in legal and financial contexts.
While 'money' usually doesn't take a plural in everyday speech, lawyers and accountants use 'moneys' or 'monies' when they need to distinguish between different pots of money - like trust funds, escrow accounts, or foreign currencies.
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