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pecuniary, a. (n.)|pɪˈkjuːnɪərɪ|
[ad. L. pecūniāri-us, f. pecūnia money: see -ary1. In F. pécuniaire (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. Consisting of money; exacted in money.
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. xxi. 238 Or doth punycyons pecuniaries pryncypally by his auaryce. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. i. 46 He..inflicted both corporall smart and pecuniary mulcts upon them. 1726Swift Gulliver ii. vi. 151 Whether they received any pecuniary reward for pleading. 1766tr. Beccaria's Ess. Crimes xvii. (1793) 68 There was a time when all punishments were pecuniary. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xiv. 138 The many pecuniary aids that he has been obliged to ask for.
b. Of an offence or law: Having a money penalty, entailing a fine.
1610Donne Pseudo-martyr 211 Hee cast in a dead sleepe all bloudy lawes, and in a slumber all pecuniarie lawes which might offend, & aggrieue them. 1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. ix. (1739) 54 Having learned how to make capital offences pecuniary.
2. Of, belonging to, or having relation to money.
1623Cockeram, Pecuniarie, of or belonging to money. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. iii. 11 Their Impostures..deluding not onely unto pecuniary defraudations, but the irreparable deceit of death. 1792Anecd. W. Pitt I. xxi. 333 The legacy of {pstlg}10000..had amply supplied his pecuniary wants. 1841–4Emerson Ess., Prudence Wks. (Bohn) I. 98 Imprudent genius, struggling for years with paltry pecuniary difficulties.
3. Having regard to money; of which money is the object. ? Obs.
1672Sir T. Browne Let. Friend §20 Strong and healthful Generations, which happen but contingently in mere pecuniary Matches. 1775N. D. Falck Day's Diving Vessel 2 His disposition penurious; his views pecuniary.
†B. n. Money; in pl., resources in money; money matters. Obs.
1604R. Cawdrey Table Alph., Pecuniarie, coyne. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1810) III. ix. 63 Old Antony has already given the mother a hint which will make her jealous of pecuniaries. 1767J. Parsons Rem. Japhet 36 To pecuniaries, the Earl of Hillsborough hath wisely added the means of instruction. |