money mattern.
/ˈmʌnɪ ˌmatə/, U.S. /ˈməni ˌmædər/ An affair concerning or hingeing on money. Chiefly in plural: financial affairs; the financial side of things.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money matters
money matter1549
economics1879
fiscality1904
1549 W. Paget Let. 2 Feb. in Camden Misc. (1974) XXV. 25 Appoint..Sir Walter Myldemaye to assyste for the money matters.
1552 H. Latimer Serm. 2nd Sunday Advent (1584) 252 b It is not a triflyng matter, it is not a money matter.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxxiiij A mony matter can not breake their frendshyp.
1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Civv I settled the money-matters of the Prouinces.
?c1663 B. Whitelocke Diary (1990) 600 He hinted to him, that it must be a money matter to take off his Sister.
1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. ii. 7 What if You and I Nic. should enquire how Money matters stand between us?
1797 F. Burney Jrnl. 10 Dec. (1973) IV. 44 I can only wish her to leave money matters to better heads.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 203 He had been a principal agent of the Order of Jesuits in money matters.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. vii. 247 Anxiety about money matters.
1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lii. 268 Your money matters have nothing to do with me now. You're your own master.
1990 V. S. Naipaul India: Million Mutinies (1991) v. 344 These sophisticated organizations..then have to learn to deal with people who are semi-literate but extremely savvy when it comes to money matters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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