Greed - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Greed :  (noun)
1: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Greed : \Greed\, n. [Akin to Goth. gr?dus hunger, Icel. gr[=a][eth]r. [root]34. See Greedy.] An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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