All 3 Uses of
pecuniary
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- He might come under pecuniary embarrassments, and his property be seized by creditors; or he might die, without making any arrangements in his favor.†
Chpt 26 *
- If pecuniary troubles should come, or if the new wife required more money than could conveniently be spared, my children might be thought of as a convenient means of raising funds.†
Chpt 27
- That, however, was a slight trouble, compared with the fear that their pecuniary embarrassments might induce them to sell my precious young daughter.†
Chpt 33
Definitions:
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(1)
(pecuniary) relating to money
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus