| 单词 | south sea scheme |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSouth Sea scheme South Sea scheme n. now historical a stockjobbing scheme established by the South Sea Company in 1720 for trading in the southern hemisphere to repay the British national debt, which ended with the failure of the company and a general financial collapse (cf. South Sea bubble n.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific scheme South Sea1711 South Sea scheme1720 South Sea bubble1723 1720 A. Hutcheson (title) A collection of calculations and remarks relating to the South Sea scheme & stock. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table v. 134 During the stock-gambling mania of the South-Sea Scheme. 1922 W. H. Ukers All about Coffee 572 Dr. Jno. Radcliff..was a rash speculator in the South Sea Scheme. 2005 P. Whybrow Amer. Mania 33 When the king and the British Parliament began actively championing the South Sea scheme, speculative fever was not far behind. < as lemmas |
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