单词 | florin |
释义 | florinn. 1. The English name of a gold coin weighing about 54 grains, first issued at Florence in 1252. 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 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6201 Þere þey fonde þe cofre ful..Of florens, and of goldrynges. a1400 Octouian 396 A palmer..bad for that chyld so bold Well many floreyne. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 380 This blythis me mekill mor Than off floryng [v.r. floringis] ȝe gaiff me sexty scor. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxviii. 234 They left not in ye abbey the valew of a floren. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 72 Yet in after-Ages the Arch-Bishop of Canterburie's Pall was sold for five thousand Florenes. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. viii. 313 Edward the black prince..imposed a tax of a florin upon every hearth, in his French dominions. 1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics iv. 85 The republic of Florence, in the year 1252, coined its golden florin, of 24 carats fine, and of the weight of one drachm. 2. An English gold coin of the value of six shillings or six and eightpence, issued by Edward III. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > gold florin Florencea1400 florin1480 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxv. 231 The floreyne that was callid the noble pris of vj shillynges viij pens of sterlinges. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 256 The king made a newe coyne of Golde and named it the Floreyn. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata i. 4 Our golden Florens in the Reign of Edward III. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking x. 222 Coinage of England..Edward III. Gold. Florin, half-florin. 3. The English name of various coins current at various times on the continent. a. Gold coins. 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 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Florin, a Florin, or Franc: an ancient coine of gold in France, worth ijs. sterl.: not currant at this day. 1811 P. Kelly Universal Cambist I. 177 The gold florins are chiefly current in the countries on the banks of the Rhine, passing generally for 2 Rixdollars current. b. Silver coins. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > European silver coins teston1545 rix-dollar1589 ducaton1611 florin1716 Reichsthaler1757 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 26 Sept. (1965) I. 274 The Laws of Austria confine a Woman's portion not to exceed 2,000 florins. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) As to silver Florins, those of Holland are worth about 25 French Sols, or 1 s. 10½ d. Sterling. Those of Genoa, &c. are worth about 8 d. ¼ Sterling. 1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 299 He..pays no more than eight or ten florins Polish money, which is four or five shillings in England. 1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 13 We only want a few florins. 4. An English silver coin of the value of two shillings, first minted in 1849. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > florin or two shillings florin1849 godless florin1849 graceless florin1862 Scotchman1879 lamb-florin1885 swy1924 peg1950 1849 London Jrnl. 12 May 149 The new two shilling coin is to be called a florin. Draft additions 1993 c. spec. The basic monetary unit of the Netherlands; a guilder. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Dutch coins > gold rider1367 guilder1480 ridder1489 gulden15.. Albert1740 florin1834 1834 P. L. Gordon Belgium & Holland I. 270 The new silver florin des Pays Bas, now in circulation. 1858 Encycl. Brit. XV. 444 In 1820 the decimal system was introduced. In order, however, to cause as little inconvenience as possible, the florin = 1s 8¾d. sterling, was made the unit of the new system. 1905 E. V. Lucas Wanderer in Holland i. 7 One has to recollect that the spidery letter ‘f’, which in..Brussels had stood for a franc, now symbolises that far more serious item the florin. 1987 Statesman's Year-bk. 1987–88 890 The Netherlands... The monetary unit is the gulden (guilder, florin) of 100 cents. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1303 |
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