Definition: greed

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

greed
     n 1: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (esp material
          wealth) than one needs or deserves
     2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
        (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, covetousness,
         rapacity, avaritia]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Greed \Greed\, n. [Akin to Goth. gr?dus hunger, Icel.
   gr[=a][eth]r. [root]34. See Greedy.]
   An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.