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moni tōpū

1. (loan) (noun) capital (finance).

Kua tae te moni a te Timuaki o ngā Kaiwhakahaere o te White Star Line, te kamupene nō ratou nei te 'Titanika', £11,000 hei moni tōpū, penihana mō ngā tāngata kāore i mate rawa i te totohutanga o taua kaipuke me ngā wāhine hoki a ngā tāngata i mate rawa (TPH 30/5/1912:5). / The fund of the Head of the Management of the White Star Line, the company that owned the 'Titanic', has arrived. It is capital of £11,000 to provide pensions for the people who did not perish in the sinking of that ship and for the wives of the men that died.

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