Citations:moneyholic

Noun: "(informal) a person obsessed with making and/or spending money"

 * 1976, Dick Francis, In the Frame, Michael Joseph Ltd (2001), ISBN 9780141929439, page 176:
 * 'Probably a moneyholic,' I said, pulling open the bed and looking longingly at the cool white sheets.
 * 'A what?'
 * 'Moneyholic. A word I've just made up to describe someone with an uncontrollable addiction to money.'
 * 1982, James E. Kilgore, Dollars & Sense: Family Strength Through Financial Education, Abingdon (1982), ISBN 9780687110506, page 74:
 * Bullish Ben was as close to being a "moneyholic" as I have ever known. His only goal in life seemed to be making money.
 * 1983, Henry E. White, Making Marriage Successful, Irvington Publishers (1983), ISBN 9780829012613, page 322:
 * There are two valid exceptions to this rule—separate accounts are desirable and even imperative if one spouse is incapable of rationally managing money (a "moneyholic"),
 * 1996, Judith Reitman, Blood Legacy: A True Story of Family Betrayal and Murder, Penguin (1996), ISBN 9780451406514, page 239:
 * You got your drug addicts and your alcoholics — well, she was a moneyholic. Enough was never enough.
 * 2002, Ron Gallen, The Money Trap: A Practical Program to Stop Self-defeating Financial Habits So You Can Reclaim Your Grip on Life, HarperCollins (2002), ISBN 9780066211589, page 57:
 * The long bull market of the nineties gave rise to an enormous increase in individuals owning stock and making their own investment decisions and has bred a whole new generation of moneyholics.
 * 2010, Nikki Atkinson, The Shrewd Christian: You Can't Have It All, But You Can Have More Than Enough, Crown Publishing Group (2010), ISBN 9781578567966, page 35:
 * Okay, time for the financial confessions of a repentant financial sinner: I am a recovering moneyholic.
 * 2014, J. Theo Olonia, Now Is the Time for All Good Men to Come to the Aid of Their Planet: A Shaman Warrior's Perspective, iUniverse (2014), ISBN 9781491749302, page 69:
 * Some of us have become drunk with power, and like alcoholics, moneyholics are unable to think about anything but their addiction, and like most addictions, they very seldom lead up, they always lead down the path of self destruction.
 * Some of us have become drunk with power, and like alcoholics, moneyholics are unable to think about anything but their addiction, and like most addictions, they very seldom lead up, they always lead down the path of self destruction.