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adjective

Monied adj. See Moneyed.

adverb

Moneyed adv.

Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyed men. (Also spelled monied)

Converted into money; coined. "If exportation will not balance importation, away must your silver go again, whether moneyed or not moneyed."

Consisting in, or composed of, money.

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Etymology of 'Monied'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Monied" Quotes from Famous Books

... these monied gents Ha' got sich birth an' breedin'; An' down we got to 'old our 'eads, Like ...

— The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit • Richard Harris

... subject of Peace, with the support of the monied and influential men who rally around the Peace standard, could scarcely have been held in Exeter Hall without creating some sensation. From all parts of the world flocked delegates to this practical protest against war. And ...

— Three Years in Europe - Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met • William Wells Brown

... not getting in the army, and he is perfectly sweet and kind, and as brutal as a June breeze. You'd better tell mother. And you can tell her he isn't in love with me, or I with him. You see, I represent what he would call the monied aristocracy of America, and he has the most fearful ideas ...

— A Poor Wise Man • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... is perfectly true that "the vanguard of human progress must ever be in the minority." But the hope of this minority lies in one day becoming the majority. As Disraeli said, that is the minority's business. The minorities of hereditary privilege, of priesthood, of monied classes, can perpetuate themselves and their power. But the majority of voters is always changing and always losing its power. The minority of radicals is always becoming the majority of conservatives,—the steadfast power to ...

— The Arena - Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 • Various

... "the tatterdemallion to whom you allude, is probably less impoverished than penurious; perhaps of miserly habits, and in other respects disqualified for polite society. What then, he is doubtless in ample possession of the essential requisite; and here a monied man only is a good man, and without money no man ...

— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. • Pierce Egan

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