| 单词 | conversion scheme |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconversion scheme a. Substitution of or exchange for something else; esp. of one kind of property for another. spec. The change of an issue of public securities, of bonds, debentures, stocks, shares, etc., into another of different character, or with an altered (generally reduced) rate of interest. Also attributive, as in conversion scheme, conversion operation, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > change of one kind of property to another conversion1607 converting1633 specification1651 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue 35 Neyther theyr infranchisements, nor the conversion of works into rents doe so farre free them, but that they still owe services. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 228 The price at which the payment in kind was..exchanged for a certain sum of money, is in Scotland called the conversion price. View more context for this quotation 1826 T. Tooke State of Currency 69 The conversion of the four per cents into three and a half per cents was facilitated. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Nov. 12/1 A Five per Cent. Portuguese Conversion Loan for over a million sterling. < as lemmas |
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