consoln.
/kənˈsɒl/ In plural = consolidated annuities at consolidated adj. 1b.The singular is used only attributively and in combination.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > of the national debt > consols
consolidated annuities1753
consols1770
three per cents1794
Goschens1889
1770 Placid Man I. 115 Her head was as full with wealth, scrip, omnium, consols, and lord-mayors shews.
1770 Gentleman's Mag. 40 592 Prices of Stocks Dec. 3..3 per Cent Consol. 78, 4 per Cent Consol. 86¾.
1783 Gentleman's Mag. 53 i. 544 In the 3 per Cent. Consols.
1798 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. IV (ed. 5) 289 Till with a pun old Caleb crown'd the whole, ‘Consols, and not philosophy, console’.
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. i. 161 There is nothing like a fall in Consols to bring the blood of our good people of England into cool order.
1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 38 The inscription of one's name for Consols in the books of the Bank of England.
1879 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 3) vii. 343 Who finds it vulgar to say Consols, though this is but a curt way of saying Consolidated Annuities?
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations, as consol-holder, consol market.
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1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Feb. 5/1 An idea in the Consol market.
1888 Spectator 1 Dec. 1672 The Consol-holder is not a criminal, but only the owner of land.
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n.1770