gold

A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.

You like to hear about gold. A king filled his prison room As full as the room could hold To the top of his reach on the wall With every known shape of the stuff. ’Twas to buy himself off his doom.

A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.

The pirates were searching for gold.

A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.

The bullseye of an archery target.

Daniel hit the gold to win the contest.

A gold medal.

France has won three golds and five silvers.

☉ (alchemy)

Made of gold.

a gold chain

Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.

Having the colour of gold.

gold sticker

gold socks

Premium, superior.

Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies.

The album went gold, then platinum, thanks to a second hit single, "It's A Miracle".

Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is immediately available for to read for free with no embargo period.

Coordinate term: green

Scholars who make their work green open access rather than gold never pay a fee to do so. Even when they choose the gold route, only 33% of peer-reviewed open access journals charge author-side fees.