on the money
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Meaning · English
Completely accurate or correct
Literally: on the money (as in, a bet or payment)
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Moving on to the row on paragraph eight, again all three groups are agreed er on this except with one I think exception of a certain group.
What do they mean when they say they come from The Forest Of Dean?
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “on the money” mean?
Completely accurate or correct Literally: on the money (as in, a bet or payment)
Is “on the money” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.