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- Moneys - pl. - of Money
- Teller - n. - One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king.
- Purser - n. - A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.
- Theorica - n. pl. - Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund.
- Lift - v. t. - To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- Unappropriated - a. - Not granted for, or applied to, any specific purpose; as, the unappropriated moneys in the treasury.
- Peculate - v. i. - To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.