moneyedadj.n.
/ˈmʌnɪd/, U.S. /ˈmənid/ 1.
a. Of a person, etc.: having or possessing (much) money; rich, wealthy; esp. in moneyed man. Also as n. with the: moneyed people as a class (with plural agreement).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > having large amount of money
pecuniousc1400
moneyed1457
well-moneyed1479
purse-full1600
pursy1602
flush1603
moneyful1604
moneyfied1620
millioned1747
millionary1816
millionaire1864
millionairish1874
coiny1891
multimillionaire1893
financialized1898
stakey1919
society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [adjective]
moneyed1457
pursed1602
flush1603
ready-moneyed1688
pennied1806
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer > capitalist or financier
money-master1577
moneyed mana1593
financier1601
fooker1607
fowker1630
man of finance1701
moneyed interest1711
capitalist1774
fundlord1821
financialist1831
financian1840
financist1846
capitalizer1874
player1934
1457 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 172 Of such chafre takyng. He shall neuere be monyed.
?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes 104 Hee should bee the most monyed Prince that euer shoulde raigne in India.
a1593 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta (1633) i. C Thou art a Merchant and a monied man.
1625 F. Bacon Of Usury in Ess. (1862) v. ⁋4 To inuite Moneyed Men, to lend to the Merchants, for the Continuing and Quickning of Trade.
1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. xxi. 185 My Master being known to be a moneyed man, and a Scrivener, was thought the best Customer.
1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 118 The Marquis of Worcester was generally reputed the greatest monied Man of the Kingdom.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xii. 139 The Insolence of the Portugueze makes it unsafe for money'd strangers to dwell among them.
1792 A. Young Trav. France 529 A gross evil of these direct imposts is, that of moneyed men, or capitalists, escaping all taxation.
1831 T. Arnold Let. Feb. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) (ed. 2) I. vi. 286 The landed aristocracy and moneyed aristocracy.
1868 J. Ruskin Time & Tide (1872) 154 The monied men and leaders of commerce.
1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel III. viii. 238 The Engadine is the last fad of the moneyed classes.
1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 63 That man marrying a decent and a moneyed girl!
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Apr. 273/3 Rounds of feverish pleasure favoured by the few moneyed in the German capital.
1994 Face Oct. 31/1 His representations of the monied youth of New York and LA portray a world shot through with a dyslexic inability to express or experience anything beyond a blank disaffection.
b. With modifying word, as less, best, etc.: supplied with or having a specified amount or type of money.old-, ready-, well-moneyed, etc.: see the first element.
ΚΠ
a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 54 They can teache his monkes to live in povertye And to go clothed and monyed religyouslye.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxiii. 3 Had he bene an ant plenteouslie monide.
1688 T. Fairfax Let. 4 July in J. R. Bloxam Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) 245 Ye best monyed was best qualifyed.
1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 108 To appropriate to themselves the labour of less moneyed citizens.
1989 Top Producer Nov. 16/1 Barter is another tool both Brazilian and Argentine farmers use to skirt an increasingly less-monied society.
2. moneyed interest n. interest or concern in money as a possession; (also, usually in plural with the) a class or body of persons having such interest (with plural or singular agreement). Cf. landed interest n. at landed adj.1 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > rich people
richeOE
richeOE
grand1667
moneyed interest1711
affluent1735
nabobry1777
jet set1949
beautiful people1950
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer > capitalist or financier
money-master1577
moneyed mana1593
financier1601
fooker1607
fowker1630
man of finance1701
moneyed interest1711
capitalist1774
fundlord1821
financialist1831
financian1840
financist1846
capitalizer1874
player1934
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 126. ¶8 The first of them inclined to the landed and the other to the monyed Interest.
1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. (1752) ii. 39 The notion of creating a new, that is, a moneyed interest, in opposition to the landed interest.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. iv. 428 As such capitals are commonly lent out and paid back in money, they constitute what is called the monied interest . View more context for this quotation
1793 A. Young Example of France 81 The monied interest..have some advantages from the more portable nature of their wealth.
1865 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 177 1618 We know what ‘the City’ means... It means that the people who deal in shares..‘the monied interest’ of the City are alarmed.
1896 Argosy Feb. 448/2 The Chamber of Commerce of New York City voiced an undercurrent of feeling among the moneyed interests in the country, to which war would be ruinous.
1949 Ann. Reg. 1948 330 The same political manœuvres, corruption, and string-pulling by moneyed interests..were discernible.
1990 Nation 8 Oct. 392/3 If the Democrats are snakebit in their pursuit of the White House, it is because the moneyed interests..have little tolerance for the public interests with which they must work.
3. gen. Consisting of or derived from money; financial.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > [adjective] > consisting of money
pecuniary1506
pecunialc1600
moneyed1773
1773 H. Walpole Let. 2 Apr. in Corr. (1967) XXIII. 471 We will not meddle with his moneyed affairs.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 163 The monied property was long looked on with rather an evil eye by the people. View more context for this quotation
1810 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Nov. 11 'Tis a proud scene of money'd strife Forms this magnificence of life.
1825 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 233 The moneyed influence of the man of wealth.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad lvii. 614 After the establishment of an office there for the reception of moneyed contributions for the Jaffa colonists, One Dollar was subscribed.
1950 E. Ferber Giant (1953) vii. 92 They shopped a little but there was none of the lavish moneyed carelessness that one would expect.
1989 D. Leavitt Equal Affections 76 He had taken steps to assure himself of a moneyed safety for the rest of his life.
4. U.S. Of a company or corporation: having power to deal in money.
ΚΠ
1830 J. K. Paulding Chron. City Gotham 189 This moneyed institution, having no capital, had borrowed the stock of another moneyed institution.
1834 A. Jackson in Messages & Papers of Presidents (1896) III. 43 Were they bound..to subvert the foundations of our Government and to transfer its powers from the hands of the people to a great moneyed corporation?
1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 301 A Moneyed Institution, as chartered companies are generally called, like banks, insurance companies, and the like.
1900 Congress. Rec. 19 Jan. 992/2 A great moneyed institution which the court said had the right..to exist.
1990 B. Burrough & J. Helyar Barbarians at Gate xii. 305 For the first time it would allow staid old Goldman to compete head-to-head with moneyed megafirms such as Shearson and Merrill Lynch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.n.1457