单词 | minter |
释义 | mintern.1ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > money-changing > money changer mintereOE money-maker1297 changera1325 collybistc1380 moneyera1400 money changerc1400 nummularianc1429 wisseler1481 argenter1483 banker1484 exchanger1539 tablera1557 saraf1598 shroff1618 coin-courser1652 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 83 Nummulariorum, munetera. OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xxi. 12 Intrauit iesus in templum dei et eciebat omnes uendentes et ementes in templo et mensas nummulariorum..et uertit [sic] : ineade ðe hælend in temple godes & fordraf alle bebohton & bohton in temple & discas uel beadas ðara mynetra uel ceapemenn..& cerde. OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xxv. 27 Oportuit ergo te mittere pecuniam meam nummularis : rehtlic were forðon ðec g[e]sende strion uel feh min mynetrum. c1300 Ministry & Passion of Christ (Laud) (1873) 853 (MED) Ore louerd..fond..þer Inne Chap Men..and Muneteres also. a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 651 (MED) Þanne byhouede þe ȝeolde my katel þat is myn owe, And habbe ytake þe muneters [v.r. to moneters; L. ad mensam] suþþe þat ich come And þing þat myn is myd vsure of ham ynome. 2. A person who coins or stamps money; a moneyer. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > coiner minterOE money-maker1297 forger1382 moneyera1400 coinerc1440 striker1449 printer1451 mintmaker1480 mintman1605 money coiner1742 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxviii. 322 Godes feoh þæt is seo halige lar, bið befæst myneterum to sleanne. lOE Laws of Æðelstan (Rochester) ii. xiv. 158 Be myneterum. Þridda: þæt an mynet sy ofer eall ðæs cynges onweald. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1125 Man scolde beniman ealle þa minitere þe wæron on Englelande heora liman. c1175 Note (Corpus Cambr. 302) in N. R. Ker Catal. MSS containing Anglo-Saxon (1957) 97 Robberas & Reafer[as], þeofas & falsa mynetera [s] , Wicche & wanpestras þe fordoþ men & ma[n]na bigleofa. 1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 256/2 (margin) Mynters and Goldsmithes. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.viiv Synce priestes haue been mynters, money hath been wurse then it was before. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 132 God stamped his Image upon us, and so God is Statuarius, our Minter, our Statuary. 1675 R. Vaughan Disc. Coin & Coinage x. 96 The Money being made..by the Industry of the Master who doth give other like fashions to the work, as the Minters now do. 1780 M. Noble 2 Diss. Mint & Coins Durham 3 They..employed the same Minters as Edward the Confessor. 1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. II. 321 Foreigners appear to have been the great coiners or minters of those times. 1867 J. A. Ferris Financial Econ. U.S. Illustr. 197 The paper minters have ruled for more than half a century; let the bullionists hold the reins for the next fifty years. 1988 M. Warner Lost Father viii. 73 The coin looked as if the minter struck it on a single die. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > contriving or devising > one who contrives or devises finderc1384 coiner1581 mint master1599 architectress1601 minter1603 inventioner1612 architector1639 contrivera1652 architect1788 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 103 I should haue acquainted you how the Miracle-minter in his miracle booke doth solemnly tell vs, that [etc.]. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xi. 242 O generation of fictitious Mynters! who knows not that Apollo is a Deity Errant. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. ii. 11/2 A most prodigious Minter of Exorbitant Novelties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † Mintern.2 British colloquial. Obsolete. A person living in the precincts of the former mint in Southwark, London, a reputed sanctuary for debtors. Cf. mint n.1 2d. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > debtor > other types of debtor bankrupt1533 mortgager1607 Alsatian1688 Minter1699 abbey laird1700 judgment debtor1749 peon1826 poor debtor1831 overdrawer1906 zombie1985 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Rum-dukes, the boldest Fellows amongst the Alsatians, Minters, Savoyards, &c. 1706 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 20 The riotous proceedings of the minters in Southwark. 1723 Weekly Jrnl. 20 July The Southwark Mint..got to be such a pest, that special statutes..were passed ordering the abolition... The exodus of the..train of ‘Minters’..included some thousands. 1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard I. i. ii. 46 ‘Ay, ay, it's all bob, my covey! You're safe enough, that's certain!’ responded the Minters, baying, yelping, leaping, and howling around him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). mintern.3 British colloquial. An item, esp. a motor car, in mint condition. ΚΠ 1994 BBC Top Gear Mag. Aug. 98/2 Generally, most used examples started life as ladies' cars, so there are plenty of very tidy low mileage minters lurking about. 2000 Evening Standard (Electronic ed.) 20 Sept. Price today: from less than £5,000 for runners with MoTs to £15,000-plus for absolute minters. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1eOEn.21699n.31994 |
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