释义 |
compa, Compa abbrev. of company (sense 7 b). Now only on British banknotes (see quot. 1940).
1677Lond. Direct. (1878), Edw. Clark and Compa. Cheap side. 1940G. Crowther Outl. Money i. 25 Every Bank of England note..bears the legend, ‘I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the sum of One Pound’..signed, ‘For the Govr. and Compa. of the Bank of England’ by the Chief Cashier. |