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pataca|pəˈtɑːkə|
[Sp. and Pg.]
1. = patacoon. Obs. except Hist.
1875C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 415 We found him to be a stupid old man,..selling bars of iron to people who paid him in heavy patacas. 1948C. R. Boxer Fidalgos in Far East 1550–1770 vi. 102 The 1625 Voyage..netted Dom Francisco Mascarenhas a personal profit of 26,000 patacas (silver dollars).
2. The monetary unit of Macao, and, formerly, of Timor; also, a coin of this value; also attrib.
1928Whitaker's Almanack 1929 804/2 Macao, in China, on the Canton River..total trade 1926–27, Patacas 25,057,898. Portuguese Timor..(the budget includes a loan to be realized of Patacas 1,120,074); total trade 1926–27, Patacas 3,178,439. 1967‘A. Cordell’ Bright Cantonese x. 109 One..came over..with his girl..a pataca woman... For her the big black Mozambiques would pay about two or three patacas a night. 1968Economist 16 Nov. 39/2 In exchange for the grant of..franchises to import gold, the government now charges the syndicate a tax of 7.60 patacas an ounce. 1977Times 16 Apr. 11/3 The Macanese pataca is at par with the Hongkong dollar... But get rid of any patacas before returning to Hongkong, where they are not generally accepted. |