单词 | rial of eight |
释义 | > as lemmasrial of eight c. rial of eight = real of eight n. at real n.3 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver > Spanish dollar royal of plate1559 piastre1592 rial of eight1598 piece of eight1606 royal of eight1606 real of eight1612 rial1640 plate-piece of eight1680 cob1681 cross-dollar1689 duro1777 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxxv. 69/1 There are likewise Rialles of 8. [Du. Realen van aghten] which are brought from Portingal. 1615 J. Loiseau de Tourval tr. H. de Feynes Exact Surv. E. Indies 4 I gaue him a 100. Rials of eight, for dyet and safe conduct through the Arabian desart. 1678 in J. T. Wheeler Madras in Olden Time (1862) III. 427 That not a man shall stir out of the Fort until the Governor returns home; upon penalty of half a riall of eight for the Merchant and Officer. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Piece It has its Name Piece of Eight, or Rial of Eight, because equal to 8 Silver Rials. 1754 A. Z. Some Thoughts Relating to Trade in Gen. 15 England by Commerce with Spain may..bring home five hundred thousand Ryals of Eight yearly. 1848 J. MacGregor Commerc. Statistics IV. 323 The Dutch had committed piracies in the Red Sea under the English flag, for which the Company had to pay 103,000 rials of eight. 1898 N. Moore Pilgrims & Puritans 160 A rial of eight was worth eight shillings sterling. 1915 F. M. Gregg Founding of Nation II. 127 An English freebooter..who had visited this coast in 1614..endeavored to sell him in Spain for rials of eight, but the priests called upon the people not to buy. 2000 K. N. Chaudhuri Eng. E. India Company i. iii. 63 Opinion was expressed that 200,000 rials of eight should be annually sent to Bantam. < as lemmas |
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