noun [U] ~ (for sth) (disapproving)
1 a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power, etc. than a person needs:
His actions were motivated by greed. * Nothing would satisfy her greed for power.
2 a strong desire for more food or drink when you are no longer hungry or thirsty:
I had another helping of ice cream out of pure greed.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for greed is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does greed appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — greed appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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