what does "taste"here mean?
“Oh, that Fred Beastigwee? Yeah, she told me all about ’im, offerin’ ’er parts hin ’is films. I said to ’er, why not? It might be a larf. Even if she ’adn’t liked it, it woulda bin, what, another ’arf mill in the bank?”
Her bloodshot eyes squinted at nothing; she seemed momentarily mesmerized, lost in contemplation of sums so vast and dazzling that they were beyond her ken, like an image of infinity. Merely to speak of them was to taste the power of money, to roll dreams of wealth around her mouth.】

what does "taste the powe of money"mean?

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what does "taste"here mean?
“Oh, that Fred Beastigwee? Yeah, she told me all about ’im, offerin’ ’er parts hin ’is films. I said to ’er, why not? It might be a larf. Even if she ’adn’t liked it, it woulda bin, what, another ’arf mill in the bank?”
Her bloodshot eyes squinted at nothing; she seemed momentarily mesmerized, lost in contemplation of sums so vast and dazzling that they were beyond her ken, like an image of infinity. Merely to speak of them was to taste the power of money, to roll dreams of wealth around her mouth.】

what does "taste the powe of money"mean?

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The phrase "taste the power of money" is describing her sense of what she could do with money, and is hinting that she wants the power that money would give her.  In general, to "taste" in this sense is to experience a small sample in a way that makes you want more.  You can "taste" love, freedom, or many other things, if:
1) it is something you want
2) you don't yet have it
3) you have an experience of what it is like

For example, if you are in prison and you are set to be released tomorrow, and you are taken for a walk outside, you might say that you "tasted freedom."

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