| 单词 | first penny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst penny first penny n. now historical prime cost, cost price (usually as adverbial phrase).In quot. 1674, perhaps: first amount, amount starting a contribution, testimonial, etc.; a handsel. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] givec888 lakeOE presentc1230 giftc1275 garrison1297 benefit1377 beneficec1380 givinga1382 handsela1393 donativec1430 oblation1433 propine1448 presentationc1460 don1524 sportule1538 premie?1548 first penny1557 donation1577 exhibition1579 donary1582 fairing1584 merced1589 gifture1592 meed1613 recado1615 regalo1622 regale1649 dation1656 compliment1702 dashee1705 dash1788 cadeau1808 bestowment1837 potlatch1844 prez.1919 Harry Freeman's1925 pressie1933 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > wholesale or cost price first penny1557 first costa1641 prime cost1695 cost price1800 cost1811 1557 Let. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1598) I. 297 The sorting clothes may cost the first peny 5. li. 9. s. the cloth, one with the other. 1568 H. Baker Well Spryng of Sci. f. 110v So muche did the elle cost at the firste penie. 1620 J. Smith New Englands Trials (Arb.) 242 Her fraght, which she sold at the first penny for 2100 pounds. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. vi. 57 Her cargazon of broad cloth was worth the first peny neer upon 30000l. 1674 A. Marvell Let. 5 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 332 E of Pembroke marryed to Madame Querrouals sister. The King gives 10000li first peny. 1766 W. Cockin Rational & Pract. Treat. Arithm. i. 122 I demand what the C. weight cost first penny? 1975 E. S. Morgan Amer. Slavery, Amer. Freedom ii. x. 205 Obviously a price of tobacco calculated in goods ‘at the first penny’ cannot be compared with a price calculated in goods at an ‘advance’. < as lemmas |
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