PELF Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Pelf definition: money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means See examples of PELF used in a sentence
pelf, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun pelf, three of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence This word is used in British English
pelf - Wiktionary, the free dictionary pelf (countable and uncountable, plural pelfs) (uncountable, chiefly derogatory, dated) Money, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon Raph
Pelf The first sense of pelf in English was of objects of value that had been stolen or taken as the spoils of war By the fifteenth century it had taken on the idea of money or riches, but particularly seen as a corrupting influence