Definition of "geld" []

• To castrate (a horse, for example). (verb-transitive)
• To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken. (verb-transitive)
• A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings. (noun)

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• "That's gelt, Yiddish for dinero, not to be confused with geld, meaning "to castrate," though, come to think of it, that may be something to look at down the road for some impecunious serial inseminators who clog up the system."
• "En ik betwijfel of het allemaal 'goede hackers' zijn, die gasten doen het niet om een technische prestatie neer te zetten maar voeren een standaardtrucje uit om geld te verdienen."
• "They suggest instead providing free hay to economically strapped owners; opening low-cost clinics to geld horses to reduce breeding; even requiring anyone buying a horse to pay an up-front fee to cover euthanasia by a veterinarian when needed."