单词 | ducat |
释义 | ducatn. 1. a. A gold coin of a type minted by the Republic of Venice from the 13th cent., and until the 19th cent. used widely in trade and commerce throughout Europe, the eastern Mediterranean, and further afield; any of various gold coins minted elsewhere, esp. those produced to the same standards as the Venetian coin for the purposes of facilitating international trade. Also: any of various silver coins; esp. a Venetian silver coin issued from the mid 16th-century. Cf. zecchino n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > European gold coins ducata1387 noble1417 pistolet1553 pistole1592 florin1611 gubber1711 Augustal1848 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 259 A duket, þat is worþy half an Englisshe noble. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1348 As fyne as ducat [1483 Caxton doket, 1532 Thynne ducket] in venyse. 1477 E. Bedyngfeld in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 420 In mony he brengyth with hym an hundred thowsand dokets. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clix. f. lxxxvii A Dukat is of sondry valuys, but ye leest in value is .iiii.s. iii.d. ob. & the best .iiii.s. vii.d. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xxx. 199 In golde they [sc. the Castilians] haue duccates and doble duccates. 1605 R. Dallington Suruey Great Dukes State Tuscany 55 There is the gold crowne of eight Liuers; the Ducket of siluer seauen Liuers..the halfe Ducket..the Giuglio which is sixe-pence sterling; the halfe Giuglio; all these are of siluer. 1688 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (ed. 2) 273 Its Coins are the Gold Ducate, of the same value of the Hungarian Ducate. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The chief Gold Ducats now currant, are the single, and double Ducats of Venice, Florence, Genoa, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Sweeden, Denmark, Flanders, Holland, and Zurich. 1798 tr. A. Barruel Mem. Hist. Jacobinism IV. ii. 43 He sent a Dutch Ducat, and some time after two books on Chymistry. 1816 Times 4 July 3/3 The gold ducat, the silver ducat, and the silver rider, may still be coined as money for commercial purposes. 1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara II. iv. 452 A Persian ducat now bears a value of nine kurans, or rupees. 1887 Frank Leslie's Sunday Mag. Oct. 298/2 As he counted the money in the presence of his wife, twelve pistoles and one of the six ducats were missing. 1907 F. M. Crawford Glean. Venet. Hist. (ed. 2) xi. 278 The actual value in gold of a Venetian ducat is now usually estimated at about fifteen shillings English money. 1988 Renaissance Q. 41 48 Cash was found in a scrigno de noghera in this room—50½ scudi d'oro, 75 silver ducats, some small change and foreign coins. 2008 Y. Ben-Naeh Jews in Realm of Sultans i. 29 Transactions were conducted in domestic and foreign coins:..zolotas, Dutch thalers..Spanish rials, and gold coins such as Venetian ducats. b. A money of account, used esp. in the Republic of Venice; an amount equivalent in value to a ducat. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Italian or Sicilian coins florin1303 janec1386 ducatc1470 ouncec1520 bajoccoa1549 denara1549 julioa1549 zecchino1572 chequina1587 mocenigo1599 soldo1599 quattrino1605 gazet1607 lira1617 paolo1617 sequin1617 julet1632 betso1641 quadruple1655 scudoc1660 doppy1691 Venetian1698 carlin?1706 pentecontalitron1738 paul1767 crazia1805 centesimo1840 c1470 (?1458) W. Wey Itineraries (1857) 6 Make yowre chavnge at Venyse, and take wyth yow at the leste xxx doketis of grotys..And..iiij doketis of soldys. 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca at Nummus aureus In that wyse it agreed with the Venetiane ducate, whyche was worth .xii. of our grotes. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. X8v Now whereas the Venetian duckat is much spoken of, you must consider that this word duckat doth not signifie any one certaine coyne. But many seuerall pieces doe concurre to make one duckat, namely six liuers and two gazets. 1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce 323 At Venice there were two sorts of duccats, the one currant in payment, which may bee valued ster. about 3s. 4d., and the other of banco, which may be valued about 4s., or 4s. 2d. 1707 A. Justice Gen. Treat. Monies 186 The Lira, or Lire in Bank, is worth 10 Ducats in Bank, or 12 Ducats Current. 1789 W. Gordon Inst. Arithm. xvi. 184 The exchange between London and Venice was at 50d. per ducat banco. 1858 Banker's Mag. Nov. 369 In the Two Sicilies, the money of account is the ducat, carlin, and grain. 1909 W. D. P. Bliss New Encycl. Social Reform 90/2 It kept its account in ducats banco, which had no corresponding coin. 1976 Americas 32 505 He was able to give his son 1,300 ducats in goods and money. 2009 Jrnl. Econ. & Social Hist. Orient 52 486 The piastre had replaced the ducat as a money of account. 2. More generally: an unspecified coin; a piece of money; (frequently in plural) money; cash. 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Aug. 174 Holmes was likewise out of ducketts. 1908 Science 9 Oct. 464/2 I have seen M and N or the wave-length of sodium light determined in ways that would earn very few ducats on the principle of payment by results. 2015 Mirror (Nexis) 24 June Maybe you can offer to take on more projects in exchange for a few more duckets. Compounds ducat gold n. now rare gold of high purity (as used for making ducat coins).Ducat gold typically has a fineness of at least 23.5 carats and this high purity led to ducat coins being used as a source of gold leaf for gilding. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > gold > pure or refined gold Ophir golda1425 obrizum?a1439 ducat gold1548 Ophir1628 obrize1631 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. vii The garmentes were powdered with castels, & shefes of arrowes of fyne doket gold. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxv On their faces visers, and all the berdes were fine wyer of Ducket gold. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 39 in Trav. Persia These Branches, all of Duckat Gold, are so substantial, that there are some which weigh sixty Marks. 1745 Theatre Present War Netherlands 219 The Metal was Ducat-Gold, and the Impressions made for Roman, but very ignorantly, as not being above 4 or 500 Years old. 1809 R. K. Porter Travelling Sketches Russia & Sweden I. iv. 29 The spire of this edifice is..gilt with ducat gold. 1984 Maltechnik Restauro Jan. 16/1 Ducat gold contains close to 98% gold which is about 23.5 carat. 2004 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Conservation 43 159/2 Ammonia casein, beeswax, casein, gelatin, leaf gold (citron gold, ducat gold), leaf silver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387 |
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