Vocabulary Used in Money World Not Always Clear
AP analyst examines economic terms origins and meanings. It traces tax to touch sharply, money to mythic Juno Moneta, dollar from Joachimstal taler, salary from salarium, bank from banque, and bankrupt as break. The piece notes many terms stem from theft, corruption, and historic practices, linking language to finance.
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H. Bosley Woolf
Meriam-Wechsler Dictionaries
Juno
Moneta
Juno Moneta
Boehrein
Czechoslovakia
Joachimstal
Joachim's Dale
Joachimthaler
Taler
Denver
San Francisco
Banque
Banca
Cleveland Faces Action Over Pollution Control Orders
Cleveland confronts potential criminal or civil action after alleged noncompliance with an Ohio Water Pollution Control Board building freeze. The board demanded sewage treatment facilities by June 15 and detailed interceptor sewer plans, with no advances reported.
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Columbus
Oho
Cleveland
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Cleveland Heights
Dprdadway
Cleveland Law
Clarence L. James Jr
Pollution Control Board
Ohio Department of Health
Louisville
Stark County
Batders Road
Wooster Township
Wayne County
Mohawk Rubber Co
Akron
Forty Attend Dinner At Jackson Temple Event
Forty persons attended a covered dish dinner held by the Dramatic Order of Knights of Kaorassan Al Hoda Temple at Jackson Phythian Temple. Jack Webb vizier was master of ceremonies and Donald Newland minister of Sciotoville Church of Christ was principal speaker. Thomas Mills Sr former grand chancellor was a guest.
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Jackson Temple
Jackson
Ohio
Dramatic Order of Knights of Kaorassan
al Hoda
Jackson Phythian Temple
Jack Webb
Toyz
Donald Newland
Sciotoville
The Bench of Finance and Endings in Florence
A money changer in Florence faced insolvency and authorities wrecked his bench to signal closure. The anecdote ties the idea of finance to finality, noting the pun with fine and finis. It hints at corporate distress from high borrowing costs and market crashes.
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Florence
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