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variants
or less commonly monied
Synonyms
Examples of moneyed in a Sentence
a member of the moneyed classes
luxury goods that are purchased mainly by moneyed tourists from abroad
Recent Examples on the Web
The aristocracy, the moneyed middle class and the working poor are set side by side to see which might have the generational advantage.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
There is a vast, popular, and moneyed right-wing audio ecosystem out there.
—Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 11 Apr. 2024
Caught between these moneyed interests are patients, who are mostly in the dark.
—Chris Hamby, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Schools were shuttered—less due to the rhythms of our agrarian past than to moneyed classes fleeing the cities before the advent of air conditioning—and swimming pools were open.
—Lydia Millet, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
But that was only until the prudence of their marrying into the moneyed set became obvious.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
At Mundo Deportivo, the paper explained Madrid has no intention of moving the Santos academy prospect on, but that his price tag is $129.5 million (€120 million) to interested clubs from the moneyed Premier PINC +1.4% League.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
In The Likeness, for instance, French was pitting moneyed college students living in a colossal Georgian house against a crumbling village.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
How passenger cars will fit into that moneyed future is yet to be determined.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of moneyed was
in the 15th century
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Cite this Entry
“Moneyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moneyed. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Legal Definition
moneyed
adjective
mon·eyed
ˈmə-nēd
: consisting in or derived from money
a moneyed obligation
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