How To Use Pecuniary In A Sentence
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The ancient dame seeing herself so rudely nonsuited, went off screaming revenge; and although she had not had a tooth in her head for twenty long years, she noised about town that Mr. Leyton had knocked two of her teeth out, and importuned the Governor to obtain her some pecuniary indemnification.
Travels in Morocco
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If firms agglomerate in one or a few regions, they do so impelled by pecuniary externalities that arise from the interaction of increasing returns with transportation costs between regions.
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As where a law exacteth a pecuniary mulct of them that take the name of God in vain, the payment of the mulct is not the price of a dispensation to swear, but the punishment of the transgression of a law indispensable.
Leviathan
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It mainly includes fulfilling the obligations of signatory states, enlarging sphere of "bribe", decreasing minimum amount of bribery and enlarging scope of application of pecuniary penalty, etc.
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The third part is about the scope of compensation for non - pecuniary damage.
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He was arrested on suspicion of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception and damaging police property.
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I think that the non-pecuniary costs of dealing with insurance adjusters, body shops, and so on, or fairly significant.
The Cost of Accidents, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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It led to the production of the first chipped flint in the Eolithic Age; it invented the wheel and the sail, it discovered the Arts, in their crudest form, of smelting, forging, weaving and husbandry in the early dawn of our civilization; and it is today as eager as ever, if opportunity allows, to explore the unknown and investigate the untried for the very peculiar reward, the mental satisfaction it gives, which can never be measured by any pecuniary or social standard.
The Research Council and Its Work
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This indicates severe myopia about economists' own anomalousness, and the anomalousness of the market economies that they study--where instrumental rationality in the service of pecuniary self-interest is, indeed, prevalent.
Roger Koppl - The Austrian Economists
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I am, and have a right to be proud of this opportunity of saying even this much, but you will be glad to hear that from pecuniary assistance, and a still unexpired somthing which belongs to my name I have been enabled to place a Daughter [1] with a £40 premiums in a situation in which she may procure a living when I am under the turf.
Letter 312
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Under the temporary pressure of pecuniary liabilities, contracted with a view to their immediate liquidation, but remaining unliquidated through a combination of circumstances, I have been under the necessity of assuming a garb from which my natural instincts recoil — I allude to spectacles — and possessing myself of a cognomen, to which I can establish no legitimate pretensions.
David Copperfield
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Men live by the primal energies of love, faith, imagination; and happily it is not given to every one to _live_, in the pecuniary sense, by the artistic utilisation and sale of these.
Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country
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Professional and pecuniary plans meet with success so long as you know what you're aiming for and don't let others undermine you.
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It might have been made two or three, or even six times larger, without diminishing from the interest of any one of its pages -- _indeed with an increased interest_ -- but the want of the pecuniary means, and other considerations, have induced me to present it as here seen.
The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C.
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SOME people do science for its own sake. Others may be lured by pecuniary rewards.
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There were two interreges, C. Sulpicius and M. Fabius, and they succeeded where the Dictator had failed, as the plebs, owing to the pecuniary relief recently granted them, were in a less aggressive mood.
The History of Rome, Vol. II
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Non-pecuniary interests will sometimes be substantial and clearly justify such disabilities.
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The ability to make comparisons with damages awarded for non-pecuniary losses in personal injury actions would have a salutary effect on libel juries.
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In the monastery all such labour was gratuitous, that is, the copyist received no pecuniary remuneration, only his food and lodging.
Illuminated Manuscripts
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He practiced astrology, calculated horoscopes for a consideration, lectured on chemistry and astronomy, blasphemed the Christian religion, published a journal of hybrid doctrines, called the Philomathean, and pretended to calculate "cheap nativities" on the transit of planets for $10 each, for all of which he obtained but slender pecuniary recompense.
Jack London's Parentage
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It does not agree with the Government that pecuniary compensation would not provide redress.
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It is therefore of importance to establish what will constitute a pecuniary interest.
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It was difficult to believe that his subjection to opium could much longer resist the stings of his own conscience, and the solicitations of his friends, as well as the pecuniary destitution to which his _opium habits_ had reduced him.
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
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We keep the word and often use it as in "pecuniary" affairs, and when we call a moneyless man, "impecunious.
Business Hints for Men and Women
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You must also by law declare certain pecuniary interests in the statutory register kept for this purpose.
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It is a fact of some interest in agricultural economy, that the oidium, which is so destructive to the grape, has produced no pecuniary loss to the proprietors of the vineyards in France.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical)
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With respect to Training Areas, the acquisition of this indispensable adjunct to training will doubtless entail expense, but the outlay is fully justified, and delay will not help matters from a pecuniary point of view.
The Efficiency of the Canadian Militia for Defence
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Spencer slurred the word " pecuniary ," but I didn't correct his pronunciation.
THE SEASON OF LILLIAN DAWES
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But it appears your late father suffered, shall I say, considerable pecuniary embarrassment.
TANK OF SERPENTS
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So that all the pecuniary outgoes, excepting for washing and mending, which for the most part were done out of the house, and their bills have not yet been received — and these are all and more than all the ways by which money necessarily goes out in this part of the world — were
Walden
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He never questioned pecuniary outgoes -- seldom worried as to the state of his bank-account so long as there was plenty.
Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete
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Along with the carrot of pecuniary reward must go the stick of personal economic disaster.
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He was trying to get a pecuniary advantage for himself.
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Let notable persons, the actual or virtual rulers of their districts, be summoned from all sides of France: let a true tale, of his Majesty's patriotic purposes and wretched pecuniary impossibilities, be suasively told them; and then the question put: What are we to do?
The French Revolution
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What were further pecuniary exonerations, but deeper plunges into vilifying dissoluteness?
Camilla
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Company pointing out loss of time and inconvenience through incivility, and asking them for small pecuniary compensation, they have assumed the rhinoceros hide, and nilled my request with dry eyes.
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.
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Under capitalism, the motives guiding decisions are pecuniary, not personal, selfish, not social.
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She denies obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.
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Pecuniary loss of implicative compensation accuser reaches dimension power expense 500 thousand yuan 3282 yuan.
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Her father's pecuniary troubles, and the tone he chose to take with reference to them, also preyed upon her spirits, insomuch that Shelley was obliged at last to intercept his letters.
Biography in the DNB
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Because he was technically an insider, Gupta will likely be charged in the "classical" definition of insider trading, where pecuniary benefit is a necessary prerequisite to guilt.
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It has been held that these damages are not to be given as a solatium; but are to be given in reference to a pecuniary loss.
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This must be secret, for to my other misfortunes pecuniary derangement is not the least.
Memoirs of Mary Robinson
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It may be either a market value, if the dog has any, or some special or pecuniary value to the owner, that may be ascertained by reference to the usefulness and services of the dog.
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They offered a portion of California north of San Diego for a pecuniary consideration but refused to yield any of New Mexico or Lower California and declined to cede any transit rights across Tehuantepec.
A Country of Vast Designs
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Cleves would exonerate him from all pecuniary hardships, his very deficiency in brilliancy of parts, and knowledge of mankind, which though differently modified, was equal to that of Sir Hugh himself, would obviate regret of more cultivated society, and facilitate their reciprocal satisfaction.
Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
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And this kind of toady has an exquisite _flair_ for your greatness and dignity the moment he becomes quite sure of your pecuniary willingness to back both.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891
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And he was right in attributing importance to ideas as opposed to the simple influence of pecuniary vested intereSt.
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However, it is also a satire on the mores of the rich — and it is interesting to see how little has changed in what Veblen termed "pecuniary reputability.
The Calculus Of Pleasure
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Under that make-believe Florentine, all angelicalness, there was an experienced business man, who well knew how to look after his pecuniary interests and was even reported to be somewhat avaricious.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 5
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It will cover pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage to hotel and restaurant guests, customers and visitors.
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But it appears your late father suffered, shall I say, considerable pecuniary embarrassment.
TANK OF SERPENTS
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Bentley's Miscellany at beginning of 1837, and commences “Oliver Twist”; Quarterly Review predicts his speedy downfall; pecuniary position at this time; moves from Furnival's Inn to Doughty Street; death of his sister-in-law Mary Hogarth; his friendships; absence of all jealousy in his character; habits of work; riding and pedestrianizing; walking in London streets necessary to the exercise of his art 49
Life of Charles Dickens
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As captain of Eton collegers he was one of the last to benefit from the ancient custom of Montem, a day given over by the school for the pecuniary benefit of the college captain before he departed for university.
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Their pecuniary interests were probably greater than their antiquarian ones, and their errors were written up by the historian.
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It will cover pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage to hotel and restaurant guests, customers and visitors.
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After all, it's just a piece of metal suspended by a machine-made ribbon with no jewels or special pecuniary value.
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How can you be said to have a direct pecuniary interest in the outcome of proceedings if it does not matter tuppence to you, personally, who wins or loses.
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In advising balneotherapeutic treatment in any case, all the conditions and habits of the patient -- pecuniary, physical and psychical -- must be considered, as the spa must be fitted to the patient, not the patient to the spa.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
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Sendomir, a wealthy boyard, not only espoused his cause, and gave him pecuniary help, but promised him his daughter
Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton
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It is the act of the assembly because voted by the major part; and if it be a crime, the assembly may be punished, as far forth as it is capable, as by dissolution, or forfeiture of their letters (which is to such artificial and fictitious bodies, capital) or, if the assembly have a common stock, wherein none of the innocent members have propriety, by pecuniary mulct.
Leviathan
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Does that cover a person adjudged liable to pay a pecuniary penalty in a civil action?
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Totally, there is a trend that the scope of indemnified non - pecuniary damages have gradually expanded.
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Awards of damages are primarily intended to compensate for loss, whether pecuniary or non-pecuniary.
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Jerrold denied introducing Blake, either to Mr Dermott or to Colonel Howard, with any intention of pecuniary advantage to anyone.
TANK OF SERPENTS
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Spencer slurred the word " pecuniary ," but I didn't correct his pronunciation.
THE SEASON OF LILLIAN DAWES
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Mineralogy _-alogy_, not _-ology_ nature _nature_, or _choor_ oleomargarine _g_ is hard, as in _get_ orchid _orkid_ oust _owst_, not _oost_ peculiar _peculyar_ pecuniary _pekun'yari_ perspiration not _prespiratian_ prestige _pres'tij_ or _prestezh'_ pronunciation _pronunzeashun_ or _pronunsheashun_ saucy not _sassy_ schedule _skedyul_ semi not _semi_ theater _the'ater_ not _thea'ter_ turgid _turjid_ usage _uzage_ usurp _uzurp_ vermilion _vermilyun_ wife's not _wives_
Practical Grammar and Composition
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The research is based on the theories of liberal of education and social justice. It has a better approach about the theory of pecuniary aid by investigating two private colleges in Wuhan.
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It is likewise astonishing that people select homes, mostly for pecuniary betterment, when their children will mate or mismate with those whom they are thus thrown.
Country life in Georgia in the days of my youth,
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Again, if it is to be left to the parent's taste, and pecuniary means to clothe their children as they please and as they can, the one in braided broad-cloth and velvet cap, and the other in thread-bare homespun, will they meet as friends and equals?
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
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This was frequently denounced by critics of the democracy on the grounds that it introduced a pecuniary motive.
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he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services
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Some whose natural endowments would, under less unpropitious circumstances, qualify them to reach the summit of fame, are fettered by want of patronage and pecuniary distress, while others are cramped in their efforts by a complexional sensibility which they cannot overcome, and checked in enterprise by diffidence and timidity, the natural offspring of a refined and delicate structure.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810
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Why not make a pecuniary sacrifice?
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The author believes it possible that the electric light may be used some day to pecuniary advantage in floricultural establishments.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892
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There is no denying that in Zambia many such establishments, especially the banks, operate money markets that are under serious pecuniary constraints.
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The pecuniary advantage lost by the dependant need not be merely financial.
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He never questioned pecuniary outgoes — seldom worried as to the state of his bank-account so long as there was plenty.
Mark Twain: A Biography
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Mineralogy _-alogy_, not _-ology_ nature _nature_, or _choor_ oleomargarine _g_ is hard, as in _get_ orchid _orkid_ oust _owst_, not _oost_ peculiar _peculyar_ pecuniary _pekun'yari_ perspiration not _prespiratian_ prestige _pres'tij_ or _prestezh'_ pronunciation _pronunzeashun_ or _pronunsheashun_ saucy not _sassy_ schedule _skedyul_ semi not _semi_ theater _the'ater_ not _thea'ter_ turgid _turjid_ usage _uzage_ usurp _uzurp_ vermilion _vermilyun_ wife's not _wives_
Practical Grammar and Composition
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We have decided that those that are motivated to kill because of racism or ethnicism are more worthy of condemnation than those that kill for pecuniary gain, or for other motives which we do not find as despicable as racism or ethnicism.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is “Genocide” Really Worse than “Mere” Mass Murder?
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After the conclave certain honorary distinctions and pecuniary emoluments are awarded to the conclavists.
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There may be any number of reasons: personal, political, pecuniary.
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Jerrold denied introducing Blake, either to Mr Dermott or to Colonel Howard, with any intention of pecuniary advantage to anyone.
TANK OF SERPENTS
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Jaffier could readily perceive how large were the pecuniary interests of Carreras 'heir in the complete demolition of the Spaniard's power, but such single-handed effectiveness had a supermasculine voltage about it, despite Bedient's laughing explanations.
Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel
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He did not rest content with a mere strict fulfilment of the pecuniary obligations to the Church to which the Concordat had bound the State; in 1803 and 1804 it became the custom to pay stipends to canons and desservants of succursal parishes.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
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The two charges of conspiracy and obtaining pecuniary advantage against Turpin had been dropped.
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While on this topic, it is convenient to anticipate part of the next chapter where future pecuniary loss is considered.
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During the days and affrightful nights of my disease, when my limbs were swollen, and my stomach refused to retain the food -- taken in in sorrow, then I looked with pleasure on the scheme: but as soon as dry frosty weather came, or the rains and damps passed off, and I was filled with elastic health, from crown to sole, then the thought of the weight of pecuniary obligation from so many people reconciled me; but I have broken off my story.
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
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Kendal, whither I had sent all my clothes and viatica; from thence to go to London, and to see whether or no I could arrange my pecuniary matters, so as leaving Mrs. Coleridge all that was necessary to her comforts, to go myself to Madeira, having a persuasion, strong as the life within me, that one winter spent in a really warm, genial climate, would completely restore me.
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
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Pecuniary success is out of the question; and even if they were to offer me a larger fee for next year, I should probably feel bound to decline it: the misery I have to undergo is too great.
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt
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This term evidently implies, not only that special honor is due to the recipients of such fees, but besides that the services they render are too noble to be measured in money values, and therefore the money offered is rather in the form of a tribute to a benefactor than of pecuniary compensation for a definite amount of service rendered.
Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
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There was a personal reason why the bishop was unpopular among the citizens, for "he procured that the justices in eyre should sit in London; on which occasion, because the citizens had committed various offences, they were heavily punished by the loss of their liberties, by pecuniary mulcts, and by bodily chastisment, as they deserved.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
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While the pecuniary ele - ment in philanthropy, both in concept and practice, was always an essential and sometimes the central emphasis, the term philanthropy was used in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in both
PHILANTHROPY
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In reality what happens is the blatant misuse of public office for pecuniary gain.
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He found “a substantial ground of truth in the indictment” of working-class Americans as “improvident and apparently incompetent to take care of the pecuniary details of their own life.”
A Renegade History of the United States
