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Definition: MONT DE PIETE |
MONT DE PIETE1. One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Mont de Piete A pawn depôt. These depôts, called "monti di pietá" (charity loans), were first instituted under Leo X., at Rome, by charitable persons who wished to rescue the poor and needy from usurious money-lenders. They advanced small sums of money on the security of pledges, at a rate of interest barely sufficient to cover the working expenses of the institution. Both the name and system were introduced into France and Spain. The model Loan Fund of Ireland is formed on the same system. Public granaries for the sale of corn are called in Italian Monti frumentarii. "Monte" means a public or State loan; hence also a "bank." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lending | Mont de piete, pawnshop, my uncle's. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MONT DE PIETE |
| English words defined with "MONT DE PIETE": Lombar-house. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-i-m-n-o-p-t-t" | |
-1 letter: idempotent. | |
-3 letters: impotent, pediment, piedmont. | |
-4 letters: demeton, detente, dinette, emetine, emitted, emptied, epidote, epitome, imponed, omitted, onetime, pentode, pimento, pointed, potteen, tempted, tiptoed. | |
-5 letters: deepen, dement, demote, denote, depone, detent, dipnet, domine, emetin, emodin, emoted, endite, impede, impend, impone, itemed, metope, minted, mitten, monied, netted, omened, opened, opined, optime, peened, peined, petite, petted, pitmen. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-i-m-n-o-p-t-t" | |
+4 letters: antidevelopment. | |
+5 letters: predetermination. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 4F 4E 54 44 45 50 49 45 54 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01001111 01001110 01010100 00100000 01000100 01000101 00100000 01010000 01001001 01000101 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M O N T   D E   P I E T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 004F 004E 0054 0044 0045 0050 0049 0045 0054 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)474948542383925043395439 |
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