单词 | in funds |
释义 | > as lemmasin funds P4. in funds: in possession of money; having money to spend. ΚΠ 1805 G. Caines N.-Y. Term Rep. Supreme Court 2 146 A consent on their part to take the brokers as paymasters, if they were in funds and willing to become so. 1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot II. i. 11 When he was in funds he preferred a hansom. 1895 Law Times 99 545/1 With a view to putting the society in funds to pay its out-of-pocket disbursements. 1911 E. Wharton Ethan Frome iii. 71 He knew from experience the imprudence of letting Zeena think he was in funds on the eve of one of her therapeutic excursions. 1955 Times 21 Oct. 14/2 Isaacs advised the commander to put him in funds to the extent of £1,800. 2014 R. Edric Sanctuary (2015) ix. 58 I took it [sc. drink] only when it was offered, when it was close at hand or when I was in funds. < as lemmas |
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