| 单词 | south sea company |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSouth Sea Company South Sea Company n. now historical a joint-stock trading company incorporated in 1711 and given exclusive trading rights for slaves and other goods in Spanish America, in return for taking up a large share of the unfunded British National Debt. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > companies involved in specific business > trading in specific place company1599 East India Company1608 South Sea Company1708 EIC1730 John Company1782 north-west1837 1708 Dialogue Jest & Earnest 7 Were a South-Sea Company establish'd, it would make the Trade of our Country as Universal as our Taxes. 1711 (title) A view of the coasts, countries and islands within the limits of the South-Sea-Company. 1878 E. Thompson Hist. Eng. xxxix. 275 The South Sea Company..for the purpose of reducing the National Debt, engaged..to buy up certain annuities. 1989 Smithsonian Dec. 156/2 And it was just such men who in 1710 founded the South Sea Company, greatest of all joint-stock enterprises. < as lemmas |
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