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Examples of moneyed in a Sentence
a member of the moneyed classes
luxury goods that are purchased mainly by moneyed tourists from abroad
Recent Examples of moneyed from the Web
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The Tucks live the old aphorism that many moneyed people come to know: With great wealth comes great responsibility.
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The trophy hunters are mostly white Americans, although there are plenty of moneyed Europeans and Russians.
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Set in the moneyed island community off the coast of Sarasota, Florida, the program features a cast of 20-something models and would-be models ready to live it up for the summer.
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The scheme unraveled in April with the collapse of the Fyre Festival, which was advertised as a luxury getaway for moneyed millennials, who paid up to five figures for VIP packages.
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Plastic surgery is a fairly normalized practice, especially in Los Angeles and New York, especially among the moneyed elite of those cities.
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Its first Paris Fashion Week show was being held — in a humorous touch — at the symbol of all things moneyed — Christie’s auction house.
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In fact, at the end, money fails these characters, and these moneyed characters fail one another.
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But key legislators of both parties say partisan politics, pressure from moneyed interest groups and the inherent complexity of transportation policy have cast a pall over efforts to secure its passage.
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First Known Use of moneyed
15th century
moneyed Synonyms
Synonyms
affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush, loaded, rich (also monied), opulent, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-endowed, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-doAntonyms
destitute, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-strickenRelated Words
better-off, comfortable, propertied, prosperous, substantial, successful; flourishing, prospering, thriving; advantaged, blessed (also blest), privilegedNear Antonyms
unaffluent; deprived, disadvantaged, hand-to-mouth, underprivileged; bankrupt, bankrupted, beggared, broke, indebted, insolvent, pauperized, ruined, skint [chiefly British]; depressed, pinched, reduced, straitened; low, shortMONEYED Defined for English Language Learners
Law Dictionary
moneyed
adjective
mon·eyed
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legal Definition of moneyed
:consisting in or derived from money
- a moneyed obligation
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