单词 | able to tine or win |
释义 | > as lemmasable to tine or win ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > be solvent [verb (intransitive)] able to tine or win1340 to have (also get) beforehand1526 to keep (also hold, etc.) one's head above water1608 to pay one's way1786 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > make profit win1340 to wind the penny1546 vantage1563 to turn a profit1843 to do well out of1857 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1457 Now we wyn, now we tyn. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. i. 153 Þauȝ ȝe ben trewe of tonge and treweliche winne, And eke as chast as a child. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19574 To win wit-all he wend it bij. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 133 A moral tale yet I yow telle kan Which I am wont to perche for to wynne. 1414 26 Pol. Poems xiii. 155 Wiþ fiȝt ȝe wynne, wiþ trete ȝe lese. 1421 26 Pol. Poems xviii. 138 Byȝe no thyng to selle and wynne. c1450 Godstow Reg. 159 To wyn or to lese. 1476 Acta Audit. (1839) 47/1 To defend þe said causs of Errour..with ful powere to tyne and wynne. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 53 Be his procuratour constitute be him, in his place, to tine or to wone in the cause. 1699 in Rec. Convent. Burghs Scot. (1880) IV. 281 Ane person that..can tin and win in all ther affairs. < as lemmas |
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