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Definition of 'Greed' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) greed
excessive or rapacious desire, esp. for wealth or possessions; avarice; covetousness.

Etymology:  (1600–10; back formation from greedy)

Definition of 'Greed' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) greed
excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

2. (noun) avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Definition of 'Greed' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) greed
a desire to have a lot for yourself
greed and envy; his greed for power

2.  greed
a desire to eat to much food
Greed made him fat.
Definition of 'Greed' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Greed
an eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain
Translation of 'Greed' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a (too) great desire for food, money etc
Eating five cakes is just sheer greed.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: begerigheid, gulsigheid Arabic flag Arabic: جَشَع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: лакомия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ganância Czech flag Czech: nenasytnost, lačnost German flag German: die Gier, der Geiz
Danish flag Danish: grådighed Greek flag Greek: λαιμαργία, απληστία Spanish flag Spanish: avaricia; gula
Estonian flag Estonian: aplus Farsi flag Farsi: حرص Finnish flag Finnish: ahneus
French flag French: avidité, gloutonnerie Hebrew flag Hebrew: תַּאֲווַת בֶּצַע, חַמדָנו Hindi flag Hindi: लालसा
Croatian flag Croatian: pohlepa, lakomost Hungarian flag Hungarian: mohóság; kapzsiság Indonesian flag Indonesian: kerakusan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: græðgi Italian flag Italian: avidità; golosità Japanese flag Japanese: どん欲
Korean flag Korean: 탐욕 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: godumas, gobšumas Latvian flag Latvian: rijība; mantkārība
Malay flag Malay: gelojoh Dutch flag Dutch: gulzigheid; gierigheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: grådighet, griskhet
Polish flag Polish: łakomstwo, zachłanność Persian flag Persian: حرص Pashto flag Pashto: سراښتوب، حرص
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cobiça Romanian flag Romanian: lăcomie, aviditate Russian flag Russian: жадность;прожорливость
Slovak flag Slovak: nenásytnosť, pažravosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: lakomnost Serbian flag Serbian: pohlepa
Swedish flag Swedish: glupskhet, snikenhet Thai flag Thai: ความโลภ Turkish flag Turkish: açgözlülük
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 貪婪 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: жадібність Urdu flag Urdu: لالچ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự tham lam Chinese flag Chinese: 贪婪

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