Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 65
Monadaria (n. pl. ) (Zool.) The Infusoria.
Monadelphia (n. pl. ) (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens united into a tube, or ring, by the filaments, as in the Mallow family. Monadelphian
Monadelphian (a.) Alt. of Monadelphous.
Monadelphous (a.) (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monadelphia; having the stamens united in one body by the filaments. Monadic
Monadic (a.) Alt. of Monadical.
Monadical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a monad, in any of its senses. See Monad, n. -- Dr. H. More.
Monadic, () Unary, when describing an operator or function. The term is part of the dyadic, niladic sequence.
Monadic, () See monad. (1998-07-24)
Monadiform (a.) (Biol.) Having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in having one or more filaments of vibratile protoplasm; as, monadiform young.
Monadology (n.) (Philos.) The doctrine or theory of monads.
Compare: Impeyan pheasant
Impeyan pheasant (Zool.) An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus.
Several species are known. Called also monaul, monal.
Note: They are remarkable for the bright color and brilliant matallic hues of their plumage. The best known species ({Lophophorus Impeyanus) has the neck of a brilliant metallic red, changing to golden yellow in certain lights.
Monal (n.) (Zool.) Any Asiatic pheasant of the genus Lophophorus, as the Impeyan pheasant.
Monal (n.) Brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia [syn: monal, monaul].
Monamide (n.) (Chem.) An amido compound with only one amido group ; a monoamide.
Monamine (n.) (Chem.) A basic compound containing one amido group; as, methyl amine is a monamine.
Monander (n.) (Bot.) One of the Monandria.
Monandria (n. pl. ) (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.
Monandrian (a.) (Bot.) Same as Monandrous.
Monandric (a.) Of or pertaining to monandry; practicing monandry as a system of marriage.
Monandrous (a.) (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen.
Monandrous (a.) Having only one husband at a time.
Monandry (n.) The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.
Monandry (n.) The state of having only one husband at a time.
Monanthous (a.) (Bot.) Having but one flower; one-flowered. -- Gray.
Monarch (n.) 君主；最高統治者；王；大王 A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.
He who reigns Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute. -- Milton.
Monarch (n.) One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.
Monarch (n.) A patron deity or presiding genius.
Come, thou, monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus. -- Shak.
Monarch (n.) (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly ({Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch butterfly.
Monarch (a.) Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." -- Pope.
Monarch butterfly (n.) (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly ({Danais Plexippus) having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a reticulated pattern; -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed.
Monarch (n.) A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right [syn: sovereign, crowned head, monarch].
Monarch (n.) Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed [syn: monarch, monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly, Danaus plexippus].
Monarch (n.) A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion to learn. In Russia and the Orient the monarch has still a considerable influence in public affairs and in the disposition of the human head, but in western Europe political administration is mostly entrusted to his ministers, he being somewhat preoccupied with reflections relating to the status of his own head.
Monarchal (a.) Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovoreign; regal; imperial.
Satan, whom now transcendent glory raised Above his fellows, with monarchal pride. -- Milton.
Monarchal (a.) Having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch; "monarchical gestures"; "monarchal pomp" [syn: monarchal, monarchical].
Monarchal (a.) Ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch; "monarchal government"; "monarchical systems" [syn: monarchal, monarchical, monarchic].
Monarchess (n.) A female monarch. [Obs.]
Monarchial (a.) Monarchic. -- Burke.
Monarchian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also patripassian. Monarchic
Monarchic (a.) Alt. of Monarchical.
Monarchical (a.) Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy. -- Burke. -- Mo*nar"chic*al*ly, adv.
Monarchic (a.) Ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch; "monarchal government"; "monarchical systems" [syn: monarchal, monarchical, monarchic].
Monarchism (n.) The principles of, or preference for, monarchy.
Monarchism (n.) A belief in and advocacy of monarchy as a political system.
Monarchist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy.
Monarchist (n.) An advocate of the principles of monarchy [syn: monarchist, royalist].
Monarchized (imp. & p. p.) of Monarchize.
Monarchizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Monarchize.
Monarchize (v. i.) To play the sovereign; to act the monarch. [R.] -- Shak.
Monarchize (v. t.) To rule; to govern. [R.]
Monarchizer (n.) One who monarchizes; also, a monarchist.
Monarcho (n.) The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Monarchies (n. pl. ) of Monarchy.
Monarchy (n.) 君主政治，君主政體 [U] [C]；君主國 [C] A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.
Monarchy (n.) A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.
In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy. -- Macaulay.
Monarchy (n.) The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
What scourage for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence. -- Shak.
{Fifth monarchy}, A universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See {Fifth Monarchy men}, under {Fifth}.
Monarchy (n.) An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority.
Monarchy (n.) Government. That form of government in which the sovereign power is entrusted to the hands of a single magistrate. Toull. tit. prel. n. 30. The country governed by a monarch is also called a monarchy.
Monas (n.) (Zool.) A genus of minute flagellate Infusoria of which there are many species, both free and attached. See Illust. under Monad.
Monas (n.) A singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive [syn: monad, monas].
Monasterial (a.) Of or pertaining to monastery, or to monastic life. -- Mon`as*te"ri*al*ly, adv.
Monasteries (n. pl. ) of Monastery.
Monastery (n.) （男子的）修道院；僧院[C]；（修道院中的）全體修道士 [U] [G] A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females.
Syn: Convent; abbey; priory. See Cloister.
Monastery (n.) The residence of a religious community.
Monastery (n.) 修道院；寺院；隱修院 A building in which monks live and worship.
Monastic (n.) A monk. Monastic
Monastic (a.) Alt. of Monastical.
Monastical (a.) Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.
Monastical (a.) Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse. "A life monastic." -- Denham.
Monastic (a.) Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical].
Monastic (n.) A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work [syn: monk, monastic].
Monastically (adv.) In a monastic manner.
Monasticism (n.) The monastic life, system, or condition. -- Milman.
Monasticism (n.) Asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
Monasticon (n.) A book giving an account of monasteries.
Monatomic (adv.) (Chem.) Consisting of, or containing, one atom; as, the molecule of mercury is monatomic.
Monatomic (adv.) (Chem.) Having the equivalence or replacing power of an atom of hydrogen; univalent; as, the methyl radical is monatomic.
Monatomic (a.) Of or relating to an element consisting of a single atom; "helium and argon are monatomic gases" [syn: monatomic, monoatomic].
Monaxial (a.) (Biol.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; as, monaxial development.
Monazite (n.) (Min.) A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, -- a phosphate of the cerium metals.
Monazite (n.) A reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium
Monday (n.) 星期一 The second day of the week; the day following Sunday.
Monday (n.) The second day of the week; the first working day [syn: Monday, Mon].
Monday (n.) In Christian countries, the day after the baseball game.
Monde (n.) 【法】世界；個人的生活圈子；社會；時髦社交界 The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. [R.] -- A. Drummond.
Le beau monde [F.], Fashionable society. See Beau monde.
Demi monde. See Demimonde.
Mondegreen (n.) 空耳；耳誤；歌詞誤聽 A misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from a mishearing of the lyrics of a song.
‘So I listened to it several times, wondering if my perception of it might be a mondegreen.’
Mone (n.) The moon. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Mone (n.) A moan. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Monecian
Monecian (a.) Alt. of Monecious.
Monecious (a.) (Bot.) See Monoecian, and Monoecious.
Monembryony (n.) (Bot.) The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo. -- Mon*em`bry*on"ic, a.
Moner (n.) (Zool.) One of the Monera.
Monera (n. pl. ) (Zool.) The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus. [archaic]
Monera (n. pl. ) (Biol.) One of the five kingdoms of living organisms in the five-kingdom classification, consisting of microscopic usually monocellular prokaryotic organisms that mostly reproduce by asexual fission, sporulation, or budding; it includes the bacteria and cyanophytes (blue-green algae), as well as certain primitive pathogenic microbes, such as the Rickettsias.
Moneron (n.; pl. L. Monera; E. Monerons.) [NL.] (Zool.) One of the Monera.
Monera (n.) Prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions [syn: Monera, kingdom Monera, Prokayotae, kingdom Prokaryotae].
Moneral (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monera.
Moneran (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Monera.
Moneran (n.) One of the Monera.
Moneran (a.) Of or relating to the Monera.
Moneran (n.) Organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis [syn: moneran, moneron].
Monera (n. pl. ) of Moneron.
Monerons (n. pl. ) of Moneron.
Moneron (n.) (Zool.) One of the Monera.
Monerula (n.) (Biol.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner. -- Haeckel.
Monesia (n.) (Pharm.) The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative and astringent.
Monesin (n.) The acrid principle of Monesia, sometimes used as a medicine.
Monest (v. t.) To warn; to admonish; to advise. [Obs.] -- Wyclif (2 Cor. v. 20).
Monetary (a.) Of or pertaining to money, or consisting of money; pecuniary. "The monetary relations of Europe." -- E. Everett.
Monetary unit, The standard of a national currency, as the dollar in the United States, the pound in England, the peso in Mexico, the ruble in Russia, the franc in France, the mark in Germany. Also, the standard of an international currency, such as the euro used in the European union.
Monetary (a.) Relating to or involving money; "monetary rewards"; "he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services" [syn: monetary, pecuniary].
Monetary value (n.) The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" [syn: monetary value, price, cost].
Monetary value (n.) The minimum interest rate investors will accept for investing in a non-Treasury security. In general, this is the yield that is being earned on the most recent on-the-run Treasury security of similar maturity plus a premium. slso called base interest rate.
Moneth (n.) A month. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Monetization (n.) The act or process of converting into money, or of establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country; as, the monetization of silver.
Monetization (n.) Establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country [syn: monetization, monetisation] [ant: demonetisation, demonetization].
Monetize (v. t.) To convert into money; to adopt as current money; as, to monetize silver.
Monetize (v.) Give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country; "They monetized the lira" [syn: monetize, monetise].
Moneys (n. pl. ) of Money.
Money (n.) A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also, any number of such pieces; coin.
To prevent such abuses, . . . it has been found necessary . . . to affix a public stamp upon certain quantities of such particular metals, as were in those countries commonly made use of to purchase goods. Hence the origin of coined money, and of those public offices called mints. -- A. Smith.
Money (n.) Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and selling.
Money (n.) Any article used as a medium of payment in financial transactions, such as checks drawn on checking accounts.
Money (n.) (Economics) Any form of wealth which affects a person's propensity to spend, such as checking accounts or time deposits in banks, credit accounts, letters of credit, etc. Various aggregates of money in different forms are given different names, such as M-1, the total sum of all currency in circulation plus all money in demand deposit accounts (checking accounts).
Note: Whatever, among barbarous nations, is used as a medium of effecting exchanges of property, and in the terms of which values are reckoned, as sheep, wampum, copper rings, quills of salt or of gold dust, shovel blades, etc., is, in common language, called their money.
Money (n.) In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in land, or in stocks; to make, or lose, money.
The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. -- 1 Tim vi. 10 (Rev. Ver. ).
Money bill (Legislation), A bill for raising revenue.
Money broker, A broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called also money changer.
Money cowrie (Zool.), Any one of several species of Cypraea (esp. Cypraea moneta) formerly much used as money by savage tribes. See Cowrie.
Money of account, A denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in the United States, but not a coin.
Money order, (a) An order for the payment of money; specifically, a government order for the payment of money, issued at one post office as payable at another; -- called also postal money order.
Money order, (b) A similar order issued by a bank or other financial institution.
Money scrivener, A person who procures the loan of money to others. [Eng.]
Money spider, Money spinner (Zool.), A small spider; -- so called as being popularly supposed to indicate that the person upon whom it crawls will be fortunate in money matters.
Money's worth, A fair or full equivalent for the money which is paid.
A piece of money, A single coin.
Ready money, Money held ready for payment, or actually paid, at the time of a transaction; cash.
Plastic money, Credit cards, usually made out of plastic; also called plastic; as, put it on the plastic.
To make money, To gain or acquire money or property; to make a profit in dealings.
Money (v. t.) To supply with money. [Obs.]
Money (n.) The most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us."
Money (n.) Wealth reckoned in terms of money; "all his money is in real estate."
Money (n.) The official currency issued by a government or national bank; "he changed his money into francs."
Money, () Of uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history of Abraham (Gen. 13:2; 20:16; 24:35). Next, this word is used in connection with the purchase of the cave of Machpelah (23:16), and again in connection with Jacob's purchase of a field at Shalem (Gen. 33:18, 19) for "an hundred pieces of money"=an hundred Hebrew kesitahs (q.v.), i.e., probably pieces of money, as is supposed, bearing the figure of a lamb.
The history of Joseph affords evidence of the constant use of money, silver of a fixed weight. This appears also in all the subsequent history of the Jewish people, in all their internal as well as foreign transactions. There were in common use in trade silver pieces of a definite weight, shekels, half-shekels, and quarter-shekels. But these were not properly coins, which are pieces of metal authoritatively issued, and bearing a stamp.
Of the use of coined money we have no early notice among the Hebrews. The first mentioned is of Persian coinage, the daric (Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:70) and the 'adarkon (Ezra 8:27). The daric (q.v.) was a gold piece current in Palestine in the time of Cyrus. As long as the Jews, after the Exile, lived under Persian rule, they used Persian coins. These gave place to Greek coins when Palestine came under the dominion of the Greeks (B.C. 331), the coins consisting of gold, silver, and copper pieces. The usual gold pieces were staters (q.v.), and the silver coins tetradrachms and drachms.
In the year B.C. 140, Antiochus VII. gave permission to Simon the Maccabee to coin Jewish money. Shekels (q.v.) were then coined bearing the figure of the almond rod and the pot of manna.
Money. () Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money. 1 Inst. 207; 1 Hale's Hist. 188; 1 Pardess. n. 22; Dom. Lois civ. liv. prel. t. 3, s. 2, n. 6.
Money. () For many purposes, bank notes; (q.v.) 1 Y. & J, 380; 3 Mass. 405; 14 Mass. 122; 2 N. H. Rep. 333; 17 Mass. 560; 7 Cowen, 662; 4 Pick. 74; Bravt. 24; a check; 4 Bing. 179; S. C. 13 E. C. L. R. 295; and negotiable notes; 3 Mass. 405; will be so considered. To support a count for money had and received, the receipt by the defendant of bank notes, promissory notes: 3 Mass. 405; 3 Shepl. 285; 9 Pick. 93; John. 132; credit in account, in the books of a third person; 3 Campb. 199; or any chattel, is sufficient; 4 Pick. 71; 17 Mass. 560; and will be treated as money. See 7 Wend. 311; 8 Wend. 641; 7 S. & R. 246; 8 T. R. 687; 3 B. & P. 559; 1 Y. & J. 380.
Money. () The constitution of the United States has vested in congress the power "to coin money, and regulate the value thereof." Art. 1, s. 8.
Money. () By virtue of this constitutional authority, the following provisions have been enacted by congress.
Money. () Act of April 2, 1792, 1 Story's L. U. S. 229.
Money. () That there shall be from time to time, struck and coined at the said mint, coins of gold, silver, and copper, of the following denominations, values, and descriptions, viz: Eagles; each to be of the value of ten dollars, or units, and to contain two hundred and forty-seven grains and four-eighths of a grain of pure, or two hundred and seventy grains of standard, gold. Half eagles; each to be of the value of five dollars, and to contain one hundred and twenty-three grains and six-eighths of a pure, or one hundred and thirty-five grains of standard gold. Quarter eagles; each to be of the value of two dollars and a half dollar, and to contain sixty-one grains and seven-eighths of a grain of pure, or sixty-seven grains and four-eighths of a grain of standard gold. Dollars, or units; each to be of the value of a Spanish milled dollar, as the same is now current, and to contain three hundred and seventy-one grains and four-sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or four hundred and sixteen grains of standard silver. Half dollars; each to be of half the value of the dollar or unit, and to contain one hundred and eighty-five grains and ten-sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or two hundred and eight grains of standard, silver. Quarter dollars; each to be of one-fourth the value of the dollar, or unit, and to contain ninety-two grains and thirteen-sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or one hundred and four grains of standard, silver. Dimes; each to be of the value of one-tenth of a dollar, or unit, and to contain thirty-seven grains and two sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or forty-one grains and three-fifth parts of a grain of standard, silver. Half dimes; each to be of the value of one-twentieth of dollar, and to contain eighteen grains and nine-sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or twenty grains and four-fifth parts of a grain of standard, silver. Cents; each to be of the value of the one-hundredth part of a dollar, and to contain eleven pennyweights of copper. Half cents; each to be of the value of half a cent, and to contain five pennyweights and, a half a pennyweight of copper.
Money. () That upon the said coins, respectively, there shall be the following devises and legends, namely: Upon one side of each of the said coins there shall be an impression emblematic of liberty, with an inscription of the word liberty, and the year of the coinage; and, upon the reverse of each of the gold and silver coins, there shall be the figure or representation of an eagle, with this inscription, "United States of America:" and, upon the reverse of each of the copper coins there shall be an inscription which shall express the denomination of the piece, namely, cent or half cent, as the case may require.
Money. () That the proportional value of gold to silver in all coins which shall, by law, be current as money within the United States, shall be as fifteen to one, according to quantity in weight, of pure gold or pure silver; that is to say, every fifteen pounds weight of pure silver shall be of equal value in all payments, with one pound weight of pure gold; and so in proportion, as to any greater or less quantities of the respective metals.
Money. () That the standard for all gold coins of the United States, shall be eleven parts fine to one part alloy: and accordingly, that eleven parts in twelve, of the entire weight of each of the said coins, shall consist of pure gold, and the remaining one-twelfth part of alloy; and the said alloy shall be composed of silver and copper in such proportions, not exceeding one-half silver, as shall be found convenient; to be regulated by the director of the mint for the time being, With the approbation of the president of the United States, until further provision shall be made by law. And to the end that the necessary information may be had in order to the making of such further provision, it shall be the duty of the director of the mint, at the expiration of a year after commencing the operations of the said mint, to report to congress the practice thereof during the said year, touching the composition of the alloy of the said gold coins, the reasons for such practice, and the experiments and observations which shall have been made concerning the effects of different proportions of silver and copper in the said alloy.
Money. () That the standard for all silver coins of the United States, shall be one thousand four hundred and eighty-five parts fine to one hundred and seventy-nine parts alloy; and, accordingly, that one thousand four hundred and eighty-five parts in one thousand six hundred and sixty-four parts, of the entire weight of each of the said coins, shall consist of pure silver, and the remaining one hundred and seventy nine parts of alloy, which alloy shall be wholly of copper.
Money. () Act of June 28, 1834, 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story's Laws U. S. 2376.
Money. () That the gold coins of the United States shall contain the following quantities of metal, that is to say: each eagle shall contain two hundred and thirty-two grains of pure gold, and two hundred and fifty-eight grains of standard gold; each half-eagle, one hundred and sixteen grains of pure gold, and one hundred and twenty-nine grains of standard gold; each quarter eagle shall contain fifty-eight grains of pure gold, and sixty-four and a half grains of standard gold; every such eagle shall be of the value of ten dollars; every such half eagle shall be of the value of five dollars; and every such quarter eagle shall be of the value of two dollars and fifty cents; and the said gold coins shall be receivable in all payments, when of full weight, according to their respective values; and when of less than full weight, at less values, proportioned to their respective actual weights.
Money. () That all standard gold or silver deposited for coinage after the thirty-first of July next, shall be paid for in coin under the direction of the secretary of the treasury, within five days from the making of such deposit, deducting from the amount of said deposit of gold and silver, one-half of one per centum: Provided, That no deduction shall be made unless said advance be required by such depositor within forty days.
Money. () That all gold coins of the United States, minted anterior to the thirty-first day of July next, shall be receivable in all payments at the rate of ninety-four and eight-tenths of a cent per pennyweight.
Money. () Act of January 18, 1837, 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story's Laws U. S. 2524.
Money. () That of the silver coins, the dollar shall be of the weight of four hundred and twelve and one-half grains; the half dollar of the weight of two hundred and six and one-fourth grains; the quarter dollar of the weight of one hundred and three and one-eighth grains; the dime, or tenth part of a dollar, of the weight of forty-one and a quarter grains; and the half dime, or twentieth part of a dollar, of the weight of twenty grains, and five-eighths of a grain. And that dollars, half dollars, and quarter dollars, dimes and half dimes, shall be legal tenders of payment, according to their nominal value, for any sums whatever.
Money. () That of the gold coins, the weight of the eagle shall be two hundred and fifty-eight grains; that of the half eagle, one hundred and twenty-nine grains; and that of the quarter eagle, sixty-four and one-half grain;. And that for all sums whatever, the eagle shall be a legal tender of payment for ten dollars; the half eagle for five dollars and the quarter eagle for two and a half dollars.
Money. () That the silver coins heretofore issued at the mint of the United States, and the gold coins issued since the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, shall continue to be legal tenders of payment for their nominal values, on the same terms as if they were of the coinage provided for by this act.
Money. () That of the copper coins, the weight of the cent shall be one hundred and sixty-eight grains, and the weight of the half cent eighty four grains. And the cent shall be considered of the value of one hundredth part of a dollar, and the half cent of the value of one two-hundredth part of a dollar.
Money. () That upon the coins struck at the mint, there shall be the following devices and legends; upon one side of each of said coins, there shall be an impression emblematic of liberty, with an inscription of the word LIBERTY, and the year of the coinage; and upon the reverse of each of the gold and silver coins, there shall be the figure or representation of an eagle, with the inscription United States of America, and a designation of the value of the coin; but on the reverse of the dime and half dime, cent and half cent, the figure of the eagle shall be omitted.
Money. () That all acts or parts of acts heretofore passed, relating to the mint and coins of the United States, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Money. () Act of March 3, 1825, 3 Story's L. U. S. 2005.
Money. () That, if any person or persons shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any coin, in the resemblance or similitude of the gold or silver coin, which has been, or hereafter may be, coined at the mint of the United States; or in the resemblance or similitude of any foreign gold or silver coin which by law now is, or hereafter may be made current in the United States; or shall pass, utter, publish, or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States, from any foreign place, with intent to pass, utter, publish, or sell, as true, any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeited, with intent to defraud any body politic, or corporate, or any other person or persons, whatsoever; every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding ten years, according to the, aggravation of the offence.
Money. () That, if any person or persons shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging or counterfeiting any coin, in the resemblance or similitude of any copper coin, which has been, or hereafter may be, coined at the mint of the United States; or shall pass, utter, publish, or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish or sell, or bring into the United States, from any foreign place, with intent to pass, utter, publish, or sell as true, any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin, with intent to defraud any body politic, or corporate, or any other person or persons whatsoever; every person so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, and confinement, to hard labor, not exceeding three years. See generally, 1 J. J. Marsh. 202; 1 Bibb, 330; 2 Wash. 282; 3 Call, 557; 5 S. & R. 48; 1 Dall. 124; 2 Dana, 298; 3 Conn. 534; 4 Harr. & McHen. 199.
Money. () Act of March 3, 1849, Minot's Statutes at Large of U. S. 397.
Money. () That there shall be, from time to time, struck and coined at the mint of the United States, and the branches thereof, conformably in all respects to law, (except that on the reverse of the gold dollar the figure of the eagle shall be omitted), and conformably in all respects to the standard for gold coins now established by law, coins of gold of the following denominations and values, viz.: double eagles, each to be of the value of twenty dollars, or units, and gold dollars, each to be of the value of one dollar, or unit.
Money. () That, for all sums whatever, the double eagle shall be a legal tender for twenty dollars, and the gold dollar shall be a legal tender for one dollar.
Money. () That all laws now in force in relation to the coins of the United States, and the striking and coining the same, shall, so far as applicable, have full force and effect in relation to the coins herein authorized, whether, the said laws are penal or otherwise; and whether they are for preventing counterfeiting or debasement, for protecting the currency, for regulating and guarding the process of striking and coining, and the preparations therefor, or for the security of the coin, or for any other purpose.
Money. () That, in adjusting the weights of gold coins henceforward, the following deviations from the standard weight shall not be exceeded in any of the single pieces; namely, in the double eagle, the eagle, and the half eagle, one half of a grain, and in the quarter eagle, and gold dollar, one quarter of a grain; and that, in weighing a large number of pieces together, when delivered from the chief coiner to the treasurer, and from the treasurer to the depositors, the deviation from the standard weight shall not exceed three pennyweights in one thousand double eagles; two pennyweights in one thousand, eagles; one and one half pennyweights in one thousand half eagle;; one pennyweight in one thousand quarter eagles; and one half of a pennyweight in one thousand gold dollars.
Money. () Act of March 3, 1851. Minot's Statutes at Large, U. S. 591.
Money. () That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful to coin at the mint of the United States and its branches, a piece of the denomination and legal value of three cents, or three hundredths of a dollar, to be composed of three-fourths silver and one-fourth copper and to weigh twelve grains and three eighths of a grain; that the said coin shall bear such devices as shall be conspicuously different from those of the other silver coins, and of the gold dollar, but having the inscription United States of America, and its denomination and date; and that it shall be a legal tender in payment of debts for all sums of thirty cents and under. And that no ingots shall be used for the coinage of the three cent pieces herein authorized, of which the quality differs more than five thousandths from the legal standard; and that in adjusting the weight of the said coin, the following deviations from the standard weight shall not be exceeded, namely, one half of a grain in the single piece, and one pennyweight in a thousand pieces.
Money (n.) A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society. Supportable property.
Moneyage (n.) A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin. -- Hume.
Moneyage (n.) Mintage; coinage. [Obs.]
Moneyed (adv.) Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyey men. [Also spelled monied.] -- Bacon.
Moneyed (adv.) Converted into money; coined.
If exportation will not balance importation, away must your silver go again, whether moneyed or not moneyed. -- Locke.
Moneyed (adv.) Consisting in, or composed of, money. -- A. Hamilton.
Moneyed (a.) Based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth; "moneyed interests" [syn: moneyed, monied] [ant: moneyless].
Moneyed (a.) Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations" [syn: affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy].
Moneyer (n.) A person who deals in money; banker or broker. [Obs. Or R.]
Moneyer (n.) An authorized coiner of money. -- Sir M. Hale.
The Company of Moneyers, The officials who formerly coined the money of Great Britain, and who claimed certain prescriptive rights and privileges.
Moneyer (n.) A skilled worker who coins or stamps money [syn: coiner, minter, moneyer].
Moneyless (a.) Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious. -- Swift.
Moneyless (a.) Not based on the possession of money; "a moneyless economy" [ant: moneyed, monied].
Moneyless (a.) Having no money; "virtually moneyless rural regions."
Money-maker (n.) One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money. [R.]
Money-maker (n.) One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive.
Money-making (n.) The act or process of making money; the acquisition and accumulation of wealth.
Obstinacy in money-making. -- Milman.
Money-making (a.) Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business. Opposite of unprofitable.
Money-making (a.) Sussessful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim; as, a money-making man.
Moneywort (n.) (Bot.) A trailing plant ({Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils.
Moneywort (n.) A loosestrife vine [syn: moneywort, creeping Jenny, creeping Charlie, Lysimachia nummularia].
Mongcorn (n.) See Mangcorn.
Monger (n.) A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.