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单词 money-bound
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money-boundadj.

Brit. /ˈmʌnɪˌbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈməniˌbaʊnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., bound adj.2
Etymology: < money n. + bound adj.2, after weather-bound adj.
Limited or restricted by lack of, or concern for, money; spec. detained for lack of available money (now rare).
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the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money
to the boneOE
silverlessc1325
pennilessc1330
moneylessc1400
impecunious1596
crossless1600
penceless1605
unmoneyed1606
coinless1614
emptya1643
out of pocket1679
money-bound1710
broke1716
embarrassed1744
stiver cramped1785
plackless1786
taper1789
poundlessa1794
shillingless1797
unpennied1804
fundless1809
impecuniary1814
hard up1821
soldier-thighed1825
cashless1833
stiverless1839
fly-blown1853
strapped1857
stick1859
tight1859
stone-broke1886
stony1886
oofless1888
stony-broke1890
motherless1906
penny-pinched1918
skinned1924
skint1925
on the beach1935
potless1936
boracic1959
uptight1967
brassic1982
1710 R. Molesworth in G. M. Trevelyan Eng. Social Hist. (1944) 309 They and the daughters are all money-bound.
1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan II. 488 His letters to the treasurer of the theatre on these occasions were generally headed with the words ‘Money-bound’.
1863 J. C. Jeaffreson Sir Everard's Daughter 85 When you were often money-bound for a month at a time at a manor-house, because you hadn't the requisite amount of cash wherewith to tip the servants on leaving.
1879 M. Collins Pen Sketches I. 28 A dashing gent..being money-bound had pawned his watch at Salisbury.
1922 D. H. Lawrence Aaron's Rod (N.Y. ed.) xv. 210 Angus had been born in a house with a park, and of awful hard-willed, money-bound people.
1977 Rolling Stone 30 June 19/2 I think it's more money-bound now than it ever was.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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