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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: greed n 1: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (esp 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}]
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