Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Detained on board awaiting a remittance to pay for a passage that has been made: said of a ship's passenger.

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Examples

  • Limited by the options thrown up by a money-bound system, the American people elect policy-makers who advance the interests of the rich at the expense of everyone else.

    The Permanent Crisis 2003

  • This is the high end of charm - and yet, charm is not class- or money-bound.

    Evening Standard - Home Richard Godwin 2012

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