Moneylord
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A person who lends money in exchange for interest; usurer. slang
"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 interest."
Example
More examples"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 interest."
Etymology
From money + lord.
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