English-Thai Dictionary

venal

ADJ ซึ่ง ติดสินบน ได้  เกี่ยวกับ การ ให้สินบน  corruptible bribable dishonest purchasable incorruptible honorable sueng-tid-sin-bon-dai

 

venal

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น บาป  ชั่วร้าย  sinful evil immoral moral pious pure sueng-pen-bab

 

venality

N การ รับสินบน  การ ติดสินบน  การ ให้เงิน ใต้โต๊ะ  corruption mercenary dishonorable kan-rab-sin-bon

 

venally

ADV อย่าง ไม่ ซื่อสัตย์  อย่าง ละโมบ  โดย รับสินบน  yang-mai-sue-sad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VENAL

a.[L. vena, a vein. ] Pertaining to a vein or to veins; contained in the veins; as venal blood. [See Venous, which is generally used. ]

 

VENAL

a.[L. venalis, from venco, to be sold. ] 1. Mercenary; prostitute; that may be bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; as a venal muse; venal services.
2. That may be sold; set to sale; as, all offices are venal in a corrupt government.
3. Purchased; as a venal vote.

 

VENALITY

n.Mercenariness; the state of being influenced by money; prostitution of talents, offices or services for money or reward; as the venality of a corrupt court.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VENAL

Ve "nal, a. Etym: [L. vena a vein. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood. [R.]

 

VENAL

Ve "nal, a. Etym: [L. venalis, from venus sale; akin to Gr. vasna: cf. F. vénal.]

 

Defn: Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services. " Paid court to venal beauties." Macaulay. The venal cry and prepared vote of a passive senate. Burke.

 

Syn. -- Mercenary; hireling; vendible. -- Venal, Mercenary. One is mercenary who is either actually a hireling (as, mercenary soldiers, a mercenary judge, etc. ), or is governed by a sordid love of gain; hence, we speak of mercenary motives, a mercenary marriage, etc. Venal goes further, and supposes either an actual purchase, or a readiness to be purchased, which places a person or thing wholly in the power of the purchaser; as, a venal press. Brissot played ingeniously on the latter word in his celebrated saying, " My pen is venal that it may not be mercenary, " meaning that he wrote books, and sold them to the publishers, in order to avoid the necessity of being the hireling of any political party. Thus needy wits a vile revenue made, And verse became a mercenary trade. Dryden. This verse be thine, my friend, nor thou refuse This, from no venal or ungrateful muse. Pope.

 

VENALITY

Ve *nal "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. venalitas: cf. F. vénalité.]

 

Defn: The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official. Complaints of Roman venality became louder. Milton.

 

VENALLY

VENALLY Ve "nal *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a venal manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

venal

ve nal |ˈvēnl ˈvinl | ▶adjective showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery: why should these venal politicians care how they are rated? | their generosity had been at least partly venal. DERIVATIVES ve nal i ty |vēˈnalətē, və - |noun, ve nal ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘available for purchase, ’ referring to merchandise or a favor ): from Latin venalis, from venum ‘thing for sale. ’ usage: Venal and venial are sometimes confused. Venal means 'corrupt, able to be bribed, or involving bribery': local customs officials are notoriously venal, and smuggling thrives. Venial is used to describe a sin or offense that is 'pardonable, excusable, not mortal': in our high school, smoking cigarettes was a venial sin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

venal

venal |ˈviːn (ə )l | ▶adjective showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt: local customs officers are notoriously venal | their generosity had been at least partly venal. DERIVATIVES venality |-ˈnalɪti |noun, venally adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘available for purchase ’, referring to merchandise or a favour ): from Latin venalis, from venum ‘thing for sale ’. usage: On the difference between venal and venial, see usage at venial .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

venal

venal adjective they ran the town according to their own venal system of 'law and order': corrupt, corruptible, bribable, open to bribery; dishonest, dishonorable, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled; mercenary, greedy; informal crooked. ANTONYMS honorable, honest. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS venal, venial Venal and venial are sometimes confused. Venal means 'corrupt, able to be bribed, or involving bribery': local customs officials are notoriously venal, and smuggling thrives. Venial is used to describe a sin or offense that is 'pardonable, excusable, not mortal': in our high school, smoking cigarettes was a venial sin. These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

venal

venal adjective the law courts are venal and can take decades to decide a case: corrupt, corruptible, bribable, open to bribery, purchasable, buyable, grafting; dishonest, fraudulent, dishonourable, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled; mercenary, avaricious, grasping, rapacious; informal bent, crooked, warped, shady; rare simoniacal, simoniac. ANTONYMS honourable, honest. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS venal or venial? See venial . These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

French Dictionary

vénal

vénal , ale , aux adj. adjectif Qui se vend. : L ’amour vénal. Des politiciens vénaux.

 

vénalement

vénalement adv. adverbe D ’une manière vénale.

 

Spanish Dictionary

venal

venal adjetivo 1 Que está puesto a la venta, que se puede vender :la editorial ha realizado una cuidada edición no venal de la obra como obsequio navideño .2 [persona ] Que se deja comprar o sobornar :me impedía hablar la sensación de verme como ella estaba imaginándome, un testigo codicioso y venal; (fig ) algo que nadie puede discutirle a mi obra es su lirismo claro, rabiosamente auténtico e intacto, jamás venal .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xvii ) del latín venalis ‘vendible ’, derivado de venus ‘venta ’.

 

venalidad

venalidad nombre femenino Cualidad de venal o que puede ser sobornado :quedó inscrita pero sin otro testimonio que el certificado suscrito por un político retirado, de todos conocido por su venalidad .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

venal

ve nal /víːn (ə )l /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈人が 〉たやすく買収される, 金で動く .2 〈地位 行為などが 〉わいろで得られた, 買収による ▸ venal practices [conduct ]買収行為 .～ly 副詞

 

venality

ve nal i ty /viːnǽləti /名詞 U 買収されやすいこと ; 金銭ずく .