Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One whose office it is to receive payments of money; especially, a doorkeeper at some public place who receives the money for admissions.
- noun 2. One who is open to bribery.
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Examples
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The money-taker waves me through with my 15-year-old daughter, ... var news_amount = 1;
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The money-taker waves me through with my 15-year-old daughter, ... var news_amount = 1;
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The money-taker waves me through with my 15-year-old daughter, ... var news_amount = 1;
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With these thoughts in my mind, I began to ascend, almost unconsciously, the flight of steps leading to the several wonders of the building, and found myself before a barrier where another money-taker sat, who demanded which among them I would choose to see.
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With these thoughts in my mind, I began to ascend, almost unconsciously, the flight of steps leading to the several wonders of the building, and found myself before a barrier where another money-taker sat, who demanded which among them I would choose to see.
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Boniface, who was himself in the theatre at the close of the performance, had vigilantly assisted the money-taker at the door, kindly volunteering his services, not only to prevent any from evaporating without payment, but also, by jocular railleries and reproofs of their stinginess, to stimulate those who did offer cash to exert unwonted liberality.
Ralph Rashleigh 2004
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Mr. Olmstead was to appoint a money-taker at the door, and credit Barnum toward the purchase with all above expenses and an allowance of fifty dollars per month to support his wife and three children.
How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Orison Swett Marden 1887
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Mr. Olmstead was to appoint a money-taker at the door, and credit Barnum towards the purchase with all above expenses and an allowance of fifty dollars per month to support his wife and three children.
Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887
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As we enter, the money-taker in his office demands our business.
London's Underworld Thomas Holmes 1882
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And the greatest money-taker in the kingdom (next to the King and Queen, of course, who had due pre-eminence, and had taught the maids of honour) was generally acknowledged to be the Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys.
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