in the money
idiom
1
US
: among the top three finishers in a race (such as a horse race)
Whatever horse I bet on, it never finishes in the money.
2
informal
: having lots of money
They struggled for many years but now they're in the money.
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The real value for the Poets, though, wasn’t in the money but the experience.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
Lorri worries about other disabled adults if their families cannot absorb the loss that would come with reductions in the money the state pays to help with care.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
Scammers have also tapped alternative currencies, such as cryptocurrency and other decentralized finance (DeFi) instruments like stablecoins, to aid in the money laundering process and make illicit profits harder to trace.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
Additionally, even though the overall balance in the money fund market is huge, individual balances tend to be relatively small.
—Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
Lorri worries about other disabled adults if their families cannot absorb the loss that would come with reductions in the money the state pays to help with care.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
Scammers have also tapped alternative currencies, such as cryptocurrency and other decentralized finance (DeFi) instruments like stablecoins, to aid in the money laundering process and make illicit profits harder to trace.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
Additionally, even though the overall balance in the money fund market is huge, individual balances tend to be relatively small.
—Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
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“In the money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20money. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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