'Greed' definitions:
Definition of 'greed'
(from WordNet)
noun
Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
noun
Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia]
Definition of 'Greed'
From: GCIDE
- Greed \Greed\ (gr[=e]d"), n. [Akin to Goth. gr[=e]dus hunger, Icel. gr[=a][eth]r. [root]34. See Greedy.] An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain. [1913 Webster]