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moneyholder en · NOUN

Etymology

From money + holder.

Meanings

1. One who saves money.
   • Put in common-sense language, government bondholders and moneyholders are partially expropriated by inflation, and the benefit is distributed over the whole population, with the biggest benefits to those who buy the most. 1964, Myron L. Joseph, Economic Analysis and Policy, page 81:
   • It was often set high enough to more than compensate moneyholders for their inflationary losses . 1996, Linda McQuaig, Shooting the Hippo: Death by Deficit and Other Canadian Myths:
   • This loan action on the part of the commercial bank brings them into equilibrium (r = rᵈ), but the moneyholders find themselves in a disequilibrium situation because they have too much currency relative to demand deposits ( c > cᵈ ) . 1987, Robert Burton Ekelund, Charles D. DeLorme, Macroeconomics, page 267:

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