单词 | financer |
释义 | financern.ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector > farmer of revenue farmera1325 renter1588 financier1595 undertaker1602 financer1604 farmer general1608 under-farmera1751 1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. P3v Many motions haue beene made,..but the faction of Financers is so strong, and the summe so huge, which the King owes them, that it is remedilesse. 1666 London Gaz. No. 37/2 The Financers and Partisans were here [i.e. in Paris] for some time in a little ease. 1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. I. 421 The financers or farmers of the public revenue. 1861 D. F. Campbell tr. A. Thiers Hist. Consulate & Empire France XIX. lix. 356 Would not the financers themselves have pointed out the probity and talent of Count Molien? 2. A person concerned with or skilled in finance; esp. a person who or organization which provides capital or funding to others (cf. finance v. 2). ΚΠ 1746 tr. J. B. L. Crevier Rom. Hist. XI. 38 Complaints of the financers... They [sc. the usurers] rose up with fury against Lucullus. 1834 Niles' Weekly Reg. 13 Sept. 29/2 This bank was in full and successful operation, and generally under the direction of able and experienced financers. 1887 Manch. Courier 3 Feb. 3/3 The canal can no more be made without the assistance of London capitalists and London financers than can the Board of Directors fly without wings. 1938 Spectator 18 Feb. 271/1 The financer of the expedition is a wealthy cynic trying to get a kick out of life. 2006 A. Steffen et al. Worldchanging (2008) 351/1 Ultimately, microcredit benefits both the borrowers and the financers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1604 |
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