| 单词 | decimal coinage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdecimal coinage decimal coinage n. a system of coins, each denomination or named value of which is ten times that of the next smaller: see decimal adj. and n.extracted from coinagen.decimal coinage decimal coinage n. = decimal currency n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] mintOE moneya1325 coin1393 ready money1429 plate?a1439 coinage1467 cunyec1480 cogc1555 table money1565 chinks1577 cash1596 speciesa1618 spetia1620 specie1671 coliander seed1699 coriander-seed1737 shiners1760 jinkc1775 decimal coinage1794 coriander1801 hard currency1816 rowdy1831 Oscar Asche1905 1794Decimal coinage [see sense A. 1c]. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks I. xi. 243 The much-vexed question of penny versus pound, as touching the new standard for the decimal coinage. 1968 Punch 24 Apr. 589/1 There's a lot to be said for pre-releasing the decimal coinage at the lower end of the scale. 2014 Bristol Post (Nexis) 28 Jan. 4 A penny, a price..which largely remained the norm in municipal toilets until the arrival of decimal coinage in 1971. < as lemmas |
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