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  • Pecuniary compensation also motivated Muhin Shah because he mentioned with satisfaction to Conolly that about twenty years previously Elphinstone had given his nephew a "handful of money for answering a few questions."

    Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

  • Pecuniary gain, on its own, is legal — and even desirable, “greed is good” right?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Lederman on the Constitutionality of Hate Crimes Legislation 2009

  • Pecuniary assistance he will not accept,” she continued,

    Cecilia 2008

  • Pecuniary externalties involve external effects that are transmitted through higher prices.

    Externality 2008

  • Pecuniary punishment is that which consisteth not only in the deprivation of a sum of money, but also of lands, or any other goods which are usually bought and sold for money.

    Leviathan 2007

  • Pizza Patrón's Peculiar Pecuniary Peso-Paying Predicament yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Pizza Patrón\'s Peculiar Pecuniary Peso-Paying Predicament'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Since when did America start using the peso as a form of currency?

    Pizza Patr�n's Peculiar Pecuniary Peso-Paying Predicament 2007

  • Pecuniary Games takes that one step further with Mission: Marketplace , the game that requires you to purchase all the content separately.

    The Games Nobody Lines Up to Play 2006

  • Pecuniary Games takes that one step further with Mission: Marketplace , the game that requires you to purchase all the content separately.

    The Games Nobody Lines Up to Play 2006

  • Pecuniary remuneration is offered to me — with the want of feeling peculiar to the rich.

    The Moonstone 2003

  • Pecuniary economies are of themselves a paltry matter; but there will be then in the garden those to sweep the grounds, and those whose special charge will be to look after them.

    Hung Lou Meng 2003

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