Precious metal or bullion; spec. silver. Frequently in royal of plate: the Spanish coin real de plata, worth an eighth of a piastre. Cf. sense 1a. Obs…
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver > Spanish dollar (11) royal of plate1559 Precious metal or bullion; spec. silver. Frequently in royal of plate: the Spanish coin real de plata, worth an eighth of a piastre. Cf. sense 1a. Obs… piastre1592 A Spanish or Spanish-American peso or dollar, originally equal to eight reals; a monetary unit of similar value in other countries. Now historical. rial of eight1598 rial of eight = real of eight n. at real, n.3 2. Now historical. piece of eight1606 the Spanish silver dollar, or peso, worth eight reals and marked with the figure 8. Now historical. royal of eight1606 The name of various coins. = real of eight n. at real, n.3 2; cf. rial, n.1 2c. real of eight1612 = piece of eight n. at piece, n. 16b. Cf. rial of eight at rial, n.1 2c. Now historical. rial1640 = rial of eight at sense 2c. Obsolete. rare. plate-piece of eight1680 a piece of eight. cob1681 A name given in the 17th and 18th centuries in Ireland, and subsequently in some British colonies and possessions, to the Spanish dollar or ‘piece… cross-dollar1689 A Spanish dollar, having a cross on the reverse (as was the case at the end of the 17th cent.). duro1777 In Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a coin originally equivalent to eight reals (real, n.3) and later to five pesetas; a Spanish dollar or… |
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