Why dollars are called bucks or cheese, and other slang terms for money explained

Slang has been used to describe money for centuries, giving us a wide range of expressions to use in reference to currency and credit. With that in mind, weve taken a look at some of the more interesting terms from around the world, and traced their origins.To illustrate these glorious slang expressions, we teamed up with Art Money to create visuals using ACTUAL money, with each image created using the currency of the country of the terms origin. To take a closer look at the detail each design goes into, click here.SEE ALSO:The dollar is getting slammed after the disappointing jobs report#1. BoodleOrigin: US/UKMeaning: UK/US term for ill-gotten gains. Originates from the Dutch bodel, meaning personal effects.Explanation: Although in more recent times this term has been widened to include all forms of money, it was originally used specifically to describe criminal profits, and in particular counterfeit notes. 'Boodle', often elongated to 'caboodle', is used in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and is believed to have been derived from the Dutch word 'bodel', meaning property.#2. BrassOrigin: UKMeaning: Northern English slang for money. Derived from "Where there's muck, there's brass, in reference to scrap dealers.Explanation: This rough and ready phrase comes from the working-class northern English towns of the last century, where many people earned a living dealing with waste materials, giving birth to the expression "where's there's muck, there's brass" - quite simply, brass could be found among the scrap and sold for profit!#3. BuckOrigin: USMeaning: One dollar. Derived from Pioneer times, when deer (or 'buck') skins were used as currency.Explanation: Derived from 18th Century, pioneer-era America when buck (deer) skins were used as currency, a 'buck' is slang for one dollar, and has survived into the modern day, where it's still one of the most common terms used to describe money in the USA.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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