英语词汇“made beaver”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

made beaver n. Canadian History a unit of exchange formerly used among fur traders, equivalent to the value of the prepared skin of one adult beaver in prime condition; a coin or token equivalent to this. Plural often unchanged; cf. beaver n.¹ Additions.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > token used in place of coin > issued by trader or company > equivalent to the value of prepared beaver skin

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1723 in K. G. Davies Lett. from Hudson Bay (1965) xx. 96 I understand their last year's trade did not exceed 12,000 skins everything made beaver.

1796 Sask. Jrnls. in Publ. Hudson's Bay Rec. Soc. (1967) 26 25 Traded with three Indians that arrived at 3 a.m., brought ninety-two made beaver and a small quantity of provisions.

1843 in C. Wilson Campbell of Yukon (1970) vii. 63 Them you will engage for a summer's trip by boat to Fort Simpson and back..to be paid 50 Made Beaver each.

1928 L. R. Freeman Nearing North ii. iv. 191 Accounts of white servants were kept in pounds, shillings and pence; those of the Indians in ‘Made-Beavers’.

1928 L. R. Freeman Nearing North ii. iv. 191 Later brass discs were substituted for convenience, values as low as ‘¼ Made-Beaver’ being issued.

1965 North (Ottawa) Nov. 29/2 Foxes were valued and an equivalent amount in ‘Made Beaver’ or shiny round HBC tokens was spread out on the counter.

1992 Beaver (Winnipeg) Aug. 32/1 This ‘skin’ or ‘made beaver’ is really of no special value except for the sake of book-keeping.

单词	made beaver
释义	> as lemmas made beaver made beaver n. Canadian History a unit of exchange formerly used among fur traders, equivalent to the value of the prepared skin of one adult beaver in prime condition; a coin or token equivalent to this. Plural often unchanged; cf. beaver n.¹ Additions. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > token used in place of coin > issued by trader or company > equivalent to the value of prepared beaver skin made beaver1723 beaver1765 1723 in K. G. Davies Lett. from Hudson Bay (1965) xx. 96 I understand their last year's trade did not exceed 12,000 skins everything made beaver. 1796 Sask. Jrnls. in Publ. Hudson's Bay Rec. Soc. (1967) 26 25 Traded with three Indians that arrived at 3 a.m., brought ninety-two made beaver and a small quantity of provisions. 1843 in C. Wilson Campbell of Yukon (1970) vii. 63 Them you will engage for a summer's trip by boat to Fort Simpson and back..to be paid 50 Made Beaver each. 1928 L. R. Freeman Nearing North ii. iv. 191 Accounts of white servants were kept in pounds, shillings and pence; those of the Indians in ‘Made-Beavers’. 1928 L. R. Freeman Nearing North ii. iv. 191 Later brass discs were substituted for convenience, values as low as ‘¼ Made-Beaver’ being issued. 1965 North (Ottawa) Nov. 29/2 Foxes were valued and an equivalent amount in ‘Made Beaver’ or shiny round HBC tokens was spread out on the counter. 1992 Beaver (Winnipeg) Aug. 32/1 This ‘skin’ or ‘made beaver’ is really of no special value except for the sake of book-keeping. extracted from madeadj. < as lemmas
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