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moneylords

moneylords is the plural of moneylord.

Meaning of moneylord

Noun

moneylord (plural moneylords)

  1. (slang) A person who lends money in exchange for interest; usurer.
    • The owner of land and the owner of money let or lent their respective instruments of production and commerce to farmers and merchants, who then surrendered a part of their profits or gains to the landlord and moneylord. The payment to the former was called rent, the payment to the other was called...2014, Max Beer, An Inquiry into Physiocracy (Routledge Revivals), Routledge, →ISBN

Questions about moneylords

What is moneylords the plural of?
Moneylords is the plural of moneylord.

Words near moneylords in the dictionary

  1. moneyless
  2. moneylessness
  3. moneylike
  4. moneyline
  5. moneylord
  6. moneylords
  7. moneymaker
  8. Moneymaker effect
  9. moneymakers
  10. moneymaking
  11. moneyman

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