| 释义 |
moneyed, a.|ˈmʌnɪd|
Forms: 5–7 monyed, 6 monide, 6–9 monied, 6– moneyed.
[f. money n. + -ed2.]
1. Having or possessing money, rich in money. moneyed man often spec. = capitalist.
1457Paston Lett. I. 416 Of such chaffr takyng he shall nevere be monyed. 1573L. Lloyd Pilgr. Princes 104 Hee should bee the most monyed Prince that euer shoulde raigne in India. c1592Marlowe Jew of Malta i. (1633) C, Thou art a Merchant and a monied man. 1597Bacon Ess., Colours v. (Arb.) 143 When a great moneyed man hath deuided his chests and coines and bags. 1625Ibid., Usury ⁋4 To inuite Moneyed Men, to lend to the Merchants, for the Continuing and Quickning of Trade. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. vi. §288 The Marquis of Worcester was generally reputed the greatest monied man of the kingdom. 1712Swift Cond. Allies Wks. 1751 VIII. 119 That Set of People, who are called the Monied Men; such as had raised vast Sums by trading with Stocks and Funds and lending Money upon great Interest. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xii. 139 The Insolence of the Portugueze makes it unsafe for money'd strangers to dwell among them. 1803Wordsw. Poems Nat. Indep. i. xx. Sonnet, These times strike monied worldlings with dismay. 1822J. Flint Lett. Amer. 108 To appropriate to themselves the labour of less moneyed citizens. 1844Stanley Arnold (1858) I. vi. 237 The landed aristocracy and moneyed aristocracy. 1868Ruskin Time & Tide (1872) 154 The monied men and leaders of commerce. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. III. ix. 226 So moneyed a man deserves better treatment.
†b. With qualifying adv.: (well, plenteously, etc.) supplied with money. Obs.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. v. xxxix. in Ashm. (1652) 157 For they can tech hys Monkys to leve in poverte, And to go clothyd and monyed relygyously. 1479Paston Lett. III. 254, I was nott weell monyed, ffor I hadde nott paste x. marke. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lxxiii. 3 Had he bene an ant plenteouslie monide. 1688Fairfax in Magd. Coll. & Jas. II (O.H.S.) 245 Ye best monyed was best qualifyed.
2. Consisting of money, derived from money.
1790Burke Fr. Rev. Sel. Wks. II. 129 The monied property was long looked on with rather an evil eye by the people. 1798Malthus Popul. (1817) II. 398 The clear monied rent yielded to a certain number of proprietors [etc.]. 1812Combe Picturesque xix, 'Tis a proud scene of monied strife Forms this magnificence of life. 1825W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 233 The moneyed influence of the man of wealth. 1835Penny Cycl. III. 475/2 Trade revived, and the monied resources of the State were improved. 1856Lever Martins of Cro' M. 346 For these, we want power from you and some present moneyed assistance.
3. moneyed interest: interest or concern in money as a possession; a class or body of persons having such interest. (Cf. landed interest.)
1711[see landed a. 2]. 1757J. H. Grose Voy. E. Indies 407 A class of men called the moneyed interest. 1776Adam Smith W.N. ii. iv. (1869) I. 355 As such capitals are commonly lent out and paid back in money, they constitute what is called the monied interest. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 164 The monied interest is in its nature more ready for any adventure; and its possessors more disposed to new enterprizes of any kind. 1793A. Young Example France 81 The monied interest..have some advantages from the more portable nature of their wealth. 1865J. Bright Sp. Canada 13 Mar. (1869) 67 We know what ‘the City’ means... It means that the people who deal in shares..‘the moneyed interest’ of the City, are alarmed.
4. U.S. Of a company or corporation: Having power to deal in money.
1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 301 A Moneyed Institution, as chartered companies are generally called, like banks, insurance companies, and the like. 1889Century Dict. s.v. Corporation, Moneyed corporation, a corporation having banking powers, or power to make loans on pledges or deposits, or authorized by law to make insurances. |