| 单词 | mexican dollar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMexican dollar Mexican dollar n. now historical (a) the Mexican peso, a silver eight-real coin formerly used as currency in the United States, China, the Philippines, and elsewhere in East Asia (cf. dollar n. 4a); (b) the standard unit of money in trading ports of East Asia in the 19th and early 20th centuries (paper money issued by British and other banks in China between the 1860s and 1920s were denominated in Mexican Dollars). ΚΠ 1783 G. G. Beekman Let. 18 Aug. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) III. 991 I now inclose you the fourth bill..for 444 Mexican Dollars on the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at the Court of Madrid, endorsed to you by Gerard Wm. Beekman. 1854 Harper's Mag. Apr. 588/1 Upon the board was displayed..the lure in the shape of Mexican dollars. 1995 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 24 Jan. 1/2 The..Banking Corp. issued bearer notes—in effect, currency—denominated in ‘Mexican Dollars’. < as lemmas |
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