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Meanings of cash-hungry in English

Excessively desirous of money, wealth or possessions.

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        Examples for "greedy"
        Examples for "greedy"
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        Superefficient engines that were kept off the market by greedy energy companies.
        Existence
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        However, when we paid piles of peanuts, we simply got greedy monkeys.
        The Irish Times
        3
        A greedy algorithm approach was used to conduct the propensity score match.
        Pubmed
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        There was one of her family in particular that was especially greedy.
        The Tale of Grandfather Mole
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        Simple in his tastes, and yet very vain and greedy of applause.
        In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
        1
        The major powers are covetous of top jobs at the United Nations.
        Reuters
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        The covetous prodigal is of all others the worst man in society.
        Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer
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        It is a covetous grasping, a recognition that the other is indispensable.
        The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book
        4
        In all this there is nothing of a self-seeking or covetous kind.
        An Inquiry into the Nature of Peace and the Terms of Its Perpetu...
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        The duty not to contrive through a covetous heart to despoil another.
        The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
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        Greed, sometimes sat in the councils, and the avaricious bent the rules.
        David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
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        Though avaricious, it was in order to spend and not to hoard.
        History of the Conquest of Peru
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        But they are avaricious and envious, Tomas; and Mammon hath corrupted them.
        Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book II.
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        An avaricious smile of satisfaction drew down the corners of his lips.
        Wild Youth, Volume 1.
        5
        He was avaricious, but avarice was the great sin of his times.
        Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
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        The shops gave her none of the acquisitive pleasure he had expected.
        Captivity
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        Convertibles are often used by fast-growing or acquisitive companies, like Just Eat.
        Reuters
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        The acquisitive Valeant has reasons to be receptive to such an arrangement.
        Reuters
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        Other acquisitive companies, like Groupon, have also been scrutinized for accounting troubles.
        The Guardian
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        All art was divided originally by us into two branches-productiveand acquisitive.
        Sophist
        Usage of cash-hungry in English
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        This would boost the economy by making cheaper loans available to cash-hungry enterprises.
        Reuters
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        So it's not clear what the Grins' longtime game plan is for this tiny cash-hungry company.
        Reuters
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        Demand from cash-hungry banks, particularly for the ECB cash, was hefty as lending between banks on money markets remained virtually paralysed.
        The Irish Times
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        The group says the mobile unit will hand out 85 percent of net profit to shareholders - including, of course, a cash-hungry parent.
        Reuters
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        Yar'Adua's critics say he risks undermining Nigeria's hard-won reputation for fiscal discipline if he fails to keep cash-hungry state governors from squandering the savings.
        Reuters
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        For a sector heavy with cash-hungry junior and mid-tier companies, crumbling stock valuations serve a further blow, cutting off a source of project funding.
        Reuters
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        But it could further complicate Toshiba's ability to raise money from markets or banks, in particular to feed its cash-hungry memory-chip business, jeopardizing its competitiveness.
        Reuters