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CHREMATISTIC

\kɹˌɛmɐtˈɪstɪk], \kɹˌɛmɐtˈɪstɪk], \k_ɹ_ˌɛ_m_ɐ_t_ˈɪ_s_t_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of CHREMATISTIC

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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kr[=e]-ma-tis'tik, adj. pertaining to finance.--n. CHREMATIS'TICS, the science of wealth. [Gr.,--chr[=e]ma, a thing.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Of money-making, economic. Hence chrematistics n. [Greek]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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