| 单词 | pound franc |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspound franc 1. Originally: a gold coin used in medieval France and equivalent in value to twenty sols or one livre tournois, created under an ordinance of John II in1360; (subsequently) (also pound franc) a French silver coin and money of account of the same value, created under an ordinance of Henri III in 1575 and issued until 1586 (after which only quarter- and half-francs were struck until the currency was superseded in 1642). historical in later use. Also applied historically to various other currencies, not necessarily representing the name used in the issuing country. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific French francc1405 sousec1503 livre tournois1564 livre1588 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > gold mouton1357 francc1405 rial1420 salute145. lew1467 royala1513 angelot1515 sanchet1643 louis1689 louis d'or1689 pavilion1757 Napoleon1814 double Napoleon1816 nap1820 leopard- society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > silver scutec1400 shieldc1405 tracent1524 French crown1542 franc1603 cardecu1605 escuc1663 target1671 silver lewis1689 écu1704 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 201 I wol brynge yow an hundred frankes. c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 589 (MED) Take a thausande pounde of Frankis fyne. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxlvi A franke is worth .ii. s. sterl. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 236 Ilk ȝeir how lang he lyuet xxx thousand frankis. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 223 The yearely tribute of..eight hundred thousand franks of siluer. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Mark vi. 34 (note) Beza reckoneth the 200 pence, to 35 pound Frank of Tours. 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant xxxii. 129 A Chicken of Gold..which amounts to Seven Francs and half. 1766 T. Mortimer New Hist. Eng. III. xii. 67/1 James..returned overwhelmed with despair to his court at St. Germains, where he passed the rest of his days, living on Lewis' bounty, and a pension of seventy thousand francs, or about three thousand pounds per annum. 1854 M. W. Freer Life. M. Angoulême I. 407 Even the nominal fine of 200000 francs imposed upon the citizens was given by the king to the chancellor Montholon. 1924 E. E. Power Medieval People 120 He brought his varlets with him, and in Paris he took two francs for his hire ‘and perquisites’. 2008 D. Nicolle Knights of Jerusalem 119 De Heredia was captured and was threatened with execution by the infuriated Black Prince... Instead de Heredia ransomed himself for 10000 francs. < as lemmas |
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