† ˈcopy-money Obs.
Money paid to an author for his manuscript, or for copyright. (Cf. copy n. 9 b.)
| 1708 Hearne Collect. 13 Nov., What prospect is there of a bookseller for Barnabas, and on what proposals for copy⁓money and copies? 1782 J. Warton Ess. Pope II. xiv. 401 In the year 1722, he received of a bookseller 120l for copy-money. 1837 Lockhart Scott xi, A scale of book-selling transactions measured by which the largest editions and copy-monies of his own early days appeared insignificant. |