money columnn.
/ˈmʌnɪ ˌkɒləm/, U.S. /ˈməni ˌkɑləm/ 1. A section of a page in an account book; a table, etc., marked off by vertically ruled lines for entering figures denoting sums of money.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > account book > side or column
debitor1483
creditor1543
creditrice1588
contra1648
credit side1652
credit account1701
debtor1712
money column1738
red ink1917
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Book-keeping They may keep the debt and credit both on one side by double money columns.
1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 227/2 The first money-column on each page is for the discount, and the second for the cash.
1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 15 Sept. 525 Foolscap Paper—Ruled with Money Columns and Feint Lines.
1928 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 91 477 These figures were used only as a check on the money column.
2. A column in a newspaper devoted to financial matters.
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society > communication > journalism > journal > parts and layout of journals > [noun] > specific columns
theatricals1763
gossip column1859
personal column1859
money column1871
social column1871
1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 2 Sept. 274/3 You will find him..deep in the money-column of the Evening Post.
1902 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 10 552 According to the money column of the New York Herald this slight difference sufficed to induce brokers to begin the purchase of silver coins.
1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xciii. 489 Philip bought an evening paper on his way home and turned at once to the money columns.
2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 Aug. iii. 2/4 David Granger..saw Mr. Kurson's nonconformist streak in full color as soon as he chose him to write a monthly money column.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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