| 单词 | θ218898 |
| 释义 | society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > North American coins > U.S. (27) quarter dollar1615 bit1683 In reference to money. Applied in the Southern states of N. America, in the West Indies, etc., to small silver coins forming fractions of the… quarter1776 As a monetary unit. North American. A coin worth one fourth of a dollar; the value of twenty-five cents. cent1782 The hundredth part of a principal standard unit in various monetary systems. A monetary unit of the United States, introduced in 1792, equivalent… dollar1785 The standard unit of the gold and silver coinage of the United States of America, containing 100 cents. Also a coin of corresponding value in… dime1786 A silver coin of the United States of America, of the value of 10 cents, or 1/10 of a dollar. plural. Money; financial gain; frequently the dimes… eagle1786 In the United States: a gold ten dollar coin bearing a representation of an eagle. half-dollar1786 A silver coin of the United States and other countries, equal to 50 cents. half-eagle1786 A gold coin of the United States, of the value of 5 dollars: see eagle, n. 5. sharpshin1804 Apparently originally a name for some coin of very small value; later, used as a type of what has little value. U.S. picayune1805 Originally, in southern United States, esp. Louisiana: a Spanish half-real. In later use: a 5-cent piece or other coin of little value. Now historical… caser1825 In Australia and Britain: a crown, five shillings. Also in half-a-caser. Now historical. pic1839 = picayune, n. 1. double eagle1849 A gold coin of the value of twenty dollars. U.S. slug1851 U.S. A heavy gold piece privately coined in California in 1849, subsequently prohibited. hog1859 U.S. slang. A ten-cent piece. Obsolete. rare. pine tree money1859 silver coins (shilling, sixpence, and threepence) bearing the figure of a pine tree, struck in Massachusetts in the latter half of the 17th… martin bita1884 a type of horse's bit (see quot. 1884). meter1940 U.S. slang. A quarter, twenty-five cents. Subcategories:— one-cent piece (4) — five-cent piece (4) |
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