| 单词 | money scrivener |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoney scrivener money scrivener n. now historical and rare a person whose business it was to raise loans on security, invest money for interest, etc., on behalf of clients. ΚΠ 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 8 Let a Gentleman..come to a Money Scrivener, and desire Four thousand pounds to be lent him on all his Land. a1784 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1816) III. 20 Jack Ellis, a money scrivener behind the Royal Exchange. 1825 N.Y. Lit. Gaz. 10 Sept. 1/2 Frequenters of the post-office,..a bill acceptor, a money scrivener, a travelling trader, [etc.]. 1863 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 315 Thomas Gray..was the son of a money-scrivener in Cornhill. 1901 Weekly Reporter 29 June 547/1 At the trial the plaintiff's counsel likened his client's particular class of business to the ancient calling of a ‘money scrivener’. 1990 Law & Hist. Rev. 8 241 He was a money scrivener, like so many other attorneys in this day before provincial banks. < as lemmas |
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