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time is money
Time is money.
(My) time is valuable, so don't waste it. I can't afford to spend a lot of time standing here talking. Time is money, you know! People who keep saying time is money may be working too hard.
time is money
One's time is a valuable commodity, as in I can't stay home and wait any longer; time is money, you know. This proverbial term goes back to one first recorded in 1572, time is precious, in a discourse on usury.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Kaylyn | | KAY-lin | English (Modern) |
| Vishal | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali |
| HÉCtor | | EK-tor | Spanish |
| Kephalos | | - | Greek Mythology |
| Mariusz | | MAHR-yuwsh | Polish |
| Jessica | | JES-i-kə (English) | English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |