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wampum

noun

ˈwäm-pəm

as in money

something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment made some real wampum on that last business deal

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Recent Examples of wampum Some of their gear—a pair of shoes, a VHF radio, a wampum sash worth several thousand dollars—now resides on the canal’s bottom. —

Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023 There is a really quite amazing scene when Civility and Satcheechoe take a string of wampum and wrap it around the Pennsylvania governor’s arm to symbolically pull him to Albany to meet with all the Native people who have become involved in this case. —

Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2021 Not only were these beads a coveted status symbol, but the powerful Mohawk of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (or Five Nations Iroquois) of what is now upstate New York, raided coastal peoples who did not furnish wampum for Haudenosaunee rituals. —

National Geographic, 19 Nov. 2020 Many of his pieces are horizontal, recalling the forms of early panoramic art and the woven wampum belts that are a cultural touchstone of his people. —

New York Times, 4 Oct. 2021 See all Example Sentences for wampum

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That money could cover one-third of the Wave’s 2025 payroll.

— Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
Trump cited a freeze on new money for all U.S. foreign aid, his notice of a U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and his order ceasing diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government, among other things.

— Will Weissert and Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025