moneyed

[US]/'mʌnɪd/
[UK]/'mʌnɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. wealthy (used as an attributive)

Example Sentences

the moneyed classes.See Synonyms at rich

only moneyed privilege had kept him out of the gutter.

the industrial revolution created a new moneyed class.

the triumph of moneyed interests over landed interests.

Real-world Examples

Like very expensive velvet, something moneyed and lush and fluid all at once.

Source: Red White & Royal Blue

But the one that I loved was the moneyed '60s, the international man of mystery '60s.

Source: GQ — Representative Roles of Celebrities

Meyerheim has a fine gallery on the moneyed side of the Seine and he has an international reputation.

Source: Blade (Part Two)

John Lewis may be sneered at by the more moneyed, but it is still seen by many as solid and accessible, and reassuringly upmarket.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

This is a time of upheaval in sport, where new moneyed leagues promising big payouts threaten to upend the status quo.

Source: Bloomberg Insights

Two of Mr. Biden's populist rivals, Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, were already jabbing at his relationships with moneyed interests on Thursday.

Source: New York Times

At the mention of Searle Weekley began a diatribe against moneyed dilettantes which-in view of Weekley's income and the sum total of his morning's work-Grant thought inappropriate.

Source: A handsome face.

He was clean-shaven in the photograph, and even in the bright light his face had that expensive sheen to it that moneyed people get through going on holiday three times a year.

Source: Me Before You

Adams was sure to learn backwards, but the case seemed entirely different with Cameron, a typical Pennsylvanian, a practical politician, whom all the reformers, including all the Adamses, had abused for a lifetime for subservience to moneyed interests and political jobbery.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Volume 2)

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