释义 |
koruna|ˈkɒrʊnə| Also erron. korona. Pl. korunas, koruny. [Czech, lit. crown.] The basic monetary unit of Czechoslovakia, introduced as the Czech crown after the 1914–18 war (abbrev. Kč), and replaced and revalued after the 1939–45 war as the crown of the Czech and Slovak State (abbrev. Kčs); 1 Kčs = 100 hellers (haléř, pl. haléře). Also, a coin corresponding to this unit. Also attrib. The forms KC and KCS (for Czech Kč and Kčs) in quot. 1947 are erroneous.
1920Czecho-Slovak Trade Jrnl. Apr. 9/1 Prices..between 1100 and 1500 Kč per cwt... Already 3000 to 3200 Kč are being asked for small quantities. 1930G. Druce Wanderings Czechoslovakia i. 29 It may..be taken that 1 crown (koruna, abbreviated to Kč, which signifies the Czechoslovak crown) is worth 1½d... These coins are in denominations of 1 and 5 crowns, and also 20 and 50 hellers (halíř, plural haléřů; 100 h. make 1 kč.). 1947Whitaker's Almanack 891/2 Pre-war revenue (1938) in the currency then in use Czechoslovak Koruna (Crown) of 100 heller was KC10,120,000... In October, 1945, currency reform was introduced and a new coinage KCS (Koruna of Czechs and Slovaks) adopted. 1962R. A. G. Carson Coins 387 The new coinage system took as its unit the korona struck in cupro-nickel. 1967Economist 19 Aug. p. xxvi/3 An annual turnover in the region of 6,000 million koruna (just under {pstlg}900 million). |