gelt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun informal terms for money
    moolah; wampum; clams; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly; bread.
  2. verb cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
    cut; geld.
    • the vet gelded the young horse

WordNet

Gelt noun
Etymology
See 1st Geld.
Definitions
  1. Trubute, tax. Obs.
    All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner. Fuller.
Gelt noun
Etymology
See Gelt, v. t.
Definitions
  1. A gelding. Obs. Mortimer.
Gelt noun
Definitions
  1. Gilding; tinsel. Obs. Spenser.

Webster 1913