ducat
/ˈdʌkət
/noun
1A gold coin formerly current in most European countries.A ducat weighs about 3.5 grams so this coin would be more than a 17-ducat coin....
- The calculations were done with the help of soldiers who were given a gold ducat for every mistake they found.
- He didn't care for the preservation of peasant songs in this far-flung outcrop of Europe: four ducats a song, however, he could not refuse.
1.1 (ducats) informal Money: their production of Hamlet has kept the ducats pouring in...
- With new ducats in hand, I'm off to Grand Central Station.
- Speaking of shelling out the ducats, industry watchers seem to concur that during these flush economic times, and even during lean ones, parents will spend mightily on toys.
- Think Not Think will no doubt be playing for more than handouts this time, so be sure to bring your hard earned ducats as they unveil their CD Point of View at the Urban Lounge on Thursday.
2North American informal An admission ticket.The Dallas Mavericks put bar codes on tickets, not just to track sales of the ducats, but to make sure they are selling them to folks who actually fill the seats....
- When it came Buddy's turn to use the ducat (the family couldn't afford tickets for everybody), he saw his first play ever - the comedy ‘Turn to the Right.’
- Ticket prices went up more than $3 to an average of $43.86 a ducat.
Origin
From Italian ducato, originally referring to a silver coin minted by the Duke of Apulia in 1190: from medieval Latin ducatus (see duchy). sense 2 dates from the late 19th century.
- full of one's own importance
- full of years
- full on
- full (or tight) as a tick
- full out
- full page
- full pay
- full point
- full price
- full professor
- full professorship
- full ride
- full-rigged
- full-scale
- full score
- full-service broker
- full-service brokerage
- full sister
- full-size
- full-sized
- full steam (or speed) ahead
- full stop
- full term
- full-throated
- full-time