Definition: moneyed

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

moneyed
     adj 1: based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth;
            "moneyed interests" [syn: monied] [ant: moneyless]
     2: 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, wealthy]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Moneyed \Mon"eyed\, adv.
   1. Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyey
      men. --Bacon.

   2. Converted into money; coined.

            If exportation will not balance importation, away
            must your silver go again, whether moneyed or not
            moneyed.                              --Locke.

   3. Consisting in, or composed of, money. --A. Hamilton.