ackers

noun

ack·​ers ˈa-kərz 

British slang

: cash, money

Your choice of hotel will be determined by budget. If you have the ackers the Radisson SAS Style Hotel in the heart of Vienna is comfortable, friendly and very central.

—Carmel Stewart, Birmingham Evening Mail, 10 Sept. 2008

Word History

Etymology

earlier acker, akka, British military argot name for the Egyptian piaster, of unknown origin

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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