英语词汇“in old money”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. British. Predecimal currency; pounds, shillings and pence. Esp. in in old money (also in extended use, with reference to any pre-metric or imperial unit).

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1970 Times 31 Dec. 3 (advt.) The Shoppers' Table, which will enable you to see at a glance what the new prices would be in the old money.

1977 J. Parsons Population Fallacies xvi. 235 We can look at a small child's weekly pocket-money, allowing, say 0.5 per cent of the GNP per head, 7 1/2 new pence in 1970 (1s 6d in old money).

1988 Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. The East German's familiar hungry, loping stride carried her safely to 7.30 metres (virtually 24 ft in old money).

1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 248 You need a fat disc, about ½cm or so thick (¼ inch in old money), slightly bigger than the diameter of the pie dish.

单词	in old money
释义	> as lemmas in old money 2. British. Predecimal currency; pounds, shillings and pence. Esp. in in old money (also in extended use, with reference to any pre-metric or imperial unit). ΚΠ 1970 Times 31 Dec. 3 (advt.) The Shoppers' Table, which will enable you to see at a glance what the new prices would be in the old money. 1977 J. Parsons Population Fallacies xvi. 235 We can look at a small child's weekly pocket-money, allowing, say 0.5 per cent of the GNP per head, 7 1/2 new pence in 1970 (1s 6d in old money). 1988 Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. The East German's familiar hungry, loping stride carried her safely to 7.30 metres (virtually 24 ft in old money). 1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 248 You need a fat disc, about ½cm or so thick (¼ inch in old money), slightly bigger than the diameter of the pie dish. extracted from old moneyadj.n. < as lemmas
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