money machinen.

Brit.

/ˈmʌnɪ məˌʃiːn/, U.S.

/ˈməni məˌʃin/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., machine n.

Etymology: < money n. + machine n.

1. The prevailing financial system; financial institutions collectively.

ΚΠ

a1804 A. Hamilton in William & Mary Q. (1950) 7 633 [The only man who] could have kept the money machine a-going.

1920 Econ. Jrnl. 30 53 Labour..is directed to different parts of the economic system by sign-posts upon which the money machine has played a practical joke.

1938 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 102 96 An exposition of current theory and a description of the working of the modern money machine.

1989 D. Burnham Law unto Itself 305 The concern with upsetting the money machine.

2. A person who or thing which makes a lot of money or has no purpose other than making money; a lucrative business, product, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profit-making > one who makes profit

winner1352

money-makera1450

gainer1538

profit taker1552

proficiary1621

profiter1683

superlucrator1683

money machine1833

1833 Bank of U.S. (House Doc. No. 12, 23 Cong., 1st Sess.) 4 They did not ‘want merely a great money-machine, but an institution of national character’.

1866 Catholic World Nov. 175 Men are not the mere money-machines you would turn them to.

1964 Amer. Q. 16 232 The commercial and technological clutter of neon signs, junkyards, suburban subdivisions, concrete highways and skyways, and the smiling money-machines called billboards.

2000 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 7 Nov. f1 Like him or hate him, Tom Cruise is a money machine.

3. A machine which converts, takes, or dispenses money; spec. an automatic teller machine, a cash dispenser.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > cash dispenser

money teller1594

cash machine1890

bank machine1920

teller machine1921

automatic teller1924

automatic teller machine1967

cash dispenser1967

automated teller machine1973

cashpoint1973

money machine1973

ATM1975

hole-in-the-wall1985

1973 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. 57/5 The Chase Manhattan Bank opened yesterday a branch with money machines and no tellers on the main concourse of Grand Central Station.

1975 S. J. Perelman Vinegar Puss 113 It's called a ‘money machine’—it converts small bills into those of a larger denomination.

1999 Gloucestershire Echo (Electronic ed.) 15 Apr. He got on and asked for a 55p fare and gave me a fiver which I put in my top pocket and then turned to the money machine.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	money machine
释义	money machinen. Brit. /ˈmʌnɪ məˌʃiːn/, U.S. /ˈməni məˌʃin/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., machine n. Etymology: < money n. + machine n. 1. The prevailing financial system; financial institutions collectively. ΚΠ a1804 A. Hamilton in William & Mary Q. (1950) 7 633 [The only man who] could have kept the money machine a-going. 1920 Econ. Jrnl. 30 53 Labour..is directed to different parts of the economic system by sign-posts upon which the money machine has played a practical joke. 1938 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 102 96 An exposition of current theory and a description of the working of the modern money machine. 1989 D. Burnham Law unto Itself 305 The concern with upsetting the money machine. 2. A person who or thing which makes a lot of money or has no purpose other than making money; a lucrative business, product, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profit-making > one who makes profit winner1352 money-makera1450 gainer1538 profit taker1552 proficiary1621 profiter1683 superlucrator1683 money machine1833 1833 Bank of U.S. (House Doc. No. 12, 23 Cong., 1st Sess.) 4 They did not ‘want merely a great money-machine, but an institution of national character’. 1866 Catholic World Nov. 175 Men are not the mere money-machines you would turn them to. 1964 Amer. Q. 16 232 The commercial and technological clutter of neon signs, junkyards, suburban subdivisions, concrete highways and skyways, and the smiling money-machines called billboards. 2000 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 7 Nov. f1 Like him or hate him, Tom Cruise is a money machine. 3. A machine which converts, takes, or dispenses money; spec. an automatic teller machine, a cash dispenser. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > cash dispenser money teller1594 cash machine1890 bank machine1920 teller machine1921 automatic teller1924 automatic teller machine1967 cash dispenser1967 automated teller machine1973 cashpoint1973 money machine1973 ATM1975 hole-in-the-wall1985 1973 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. 57/5 The Chase Manhattan Bank opened yesterday a branch with money machines and no tellers on the main concourse of Grand Central Station. 1975 S. J. Perelman Vinegar Puss 113 It's called a ‘money machine’—it converts small bills into those of a larger denomination. 1999 Gloucestershire Echo (Electronic ed.) 15 Apr. He got on and asked for a 55p fare and gave me a fiver which I put in my top pocket and then turned to the money machine. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1804
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