money-mongeringn.
/ˈmʌnɪˌmʌŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməniˌmɑŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈməniˌməŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/ derogatory. Now rare.
The action or practice of dealing in money; esp. moneylending.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun]
money-mongering1650
money-jobbing1757
finance1763
financiering1767
money dealing1772
financiery1799
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun]
lendinga1340
impresting1565
danism1623
money-mongering1650
soucaring1785
moneylending1787
onlending1976
1650 Mercurius Pragmaticus (for King Charls II) No. 55. sig. Iii3v Thus still to run on in the strain of Mony-mongring I find them constant.
1848 C. Kingsley Yeast in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 697/1 The last place in which he will look for the cause of his misery is in that very money-mongering to which he now clings as frantically as ever.
1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Place I. iii. 53 Ten months of money-mongering in smoky London.
1994 Re: King's X Question in rec.music.christian (Usenet newsgroup) 29 Oct. In the video, the ship on the horizon looks like an oil spill waiting to happen. I always assumed it was..just corporate money mongering in general.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
money-mongeringadj.
/ˈmʌnɪˌmʌŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməniˌmɑŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈməniˌməŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/ derogatory.
That deals in money, esp. that lends money.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [adjective]
money-monging1594
money-mongering1648
financiering1766
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > relating to or characterized by usury > practising usury
usuring1593
money-monging1594
usurous1605
usurarious1623
usuriousa1631
money-mongering1648
1648 Mercurius Fidelicus No. 1. 3 Thus the Kingdome may see what desires these money mongering saints have to free them.
1817 J. Keats Poems 91 A money mong'ring, pitiable brood.
1875 T. H. Cockburn-Hood Chowbokiana 9 The money-mongering and storekeeping class have it all their own way.
1995 Re: Virtual Boy in rec.games.video.nintendo (Usenet newsgroup) 21 June You tell me what's going on in their money-mongering brains.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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