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1. (n.) avarice
insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF < L avāritia=avār(us) greedy +-itia -ice)
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1. (noun) avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
2. (noun) avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity
extreme greed for material wealth
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1. (noun) avarice
an excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity
2. (noun) avarice
an inordinate desire for some supposed good
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Sense: strong desire for money etc; greed.
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 Afrikaans: gierigheid |
 Arabic: طَمَع في جَمْع المال |
 Bulgarian: алчност |
 Brazilian: avareza |
 Czech: hrabivost; lakomství |
 German: der Geiz |
 Danish: griskhed |
 Greek: πλεονεξία, φιλαργυρία |
 Spanish: avaricia |
 Estonian: ahnus |
 Farsi: حرص؛ آز |
 Finnish: rahanahneus |
 French: avarice |
 Hebrew: חֲמדָנוּת, תַאֲווַת בֶּצַ |
 Hindi: लोभ |
 Croatian: pohlepa |
 Hungarian: kapzsiság |
 Indonesian: ketamakan, keserakahan |
 Icelandic: ágirnd, fégræðgi |
 Italian: avarizia |
 Japanese: 強欲 |
 Korean: 탐욕 |
 Lithuanian: gobšumas, godumas |
 Latvian: mantrausība; skopums |
 Malay: tamak |
 Dutch: gierigheid, hebzucht |
 Norwegian: griskhet |
 Polish: chciwość |
 Persian: حرص؛ آز |
 Pashto: حرص |
 Portuguese: avareza |
 Romanian: avariţie |
 Russian: алчность |
 Slovak: lakomstvo |
 Slovenian: skopost |
 Serbian: pohlepa |
 Swedish: girighet |
 Thai: ความโลภ |
 Turkish: hırs, para ve zenginlik h |
 Taiwanese: 貪財，貪婪 |
 Ukrainian: скупість |
 Urdu: لالچ ، حرص ، طمع |
 Vietnamese: tính hám lợi |
 Chinese: 贪婪 |
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