cuenton.

Brit.

/ˈkwɛntəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈkwɛn(t)oʊ/

Forms: 1500s–1700s 1900s– quento (now rare), 1700s– cuento.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Spanish cuento, quento.

Etymology: < Spanish cuento (also †quento) action of counting (c1196), million (1286), a million maravedis (c1340) < post-classical Latin computus calculation (see count n.¹). Compare earlier quent n.

Now historical and rare.

A million maravedis (maravedi n.).

ΚΠ

1590 E. Daunce Briefe Disc. Spanish State 37 The King hauing for the duties of wool 30 quentos.

1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce cxvi. 10 A ducat count or quento of marvides is a million.

1749 S. Lowe Arithm. in Two Parts 150/2 In Castile, they reckoned by maravedis, and quentos. A cuento (or quento) of maravedis was 1.000,000 of them.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. v. 155 To be redeemed in the term of three years, for the sum of thirty cuentos, or millions, of maravedies.

1928 H. L. Seaver tr. F. Enríquez de Cabrera in Great Revolt Castile ii. xvii. 193 With 100,000 maravedis of salary they amassed so many cuentos of income.

1987 Hist. Jrnl. 30 18 In addition to the 1033⅓ cuentos.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cuento
释义	cuenton. Brit. /ˈkwɛntəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkwɛn(t)oʊ/ Forms: 1500s–1700s 1900s– quento (now rare), 1700s– cuento. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Spanish cuento, quento. Etymology: < Spanish cuento (also †quento) action of counting (c1196), million (1286), a million maravedis (c1340) < post-classical Latin computus calculation (see count n.¹). Compare earlier quent n. Now historical and rare. A million maravedis (maravedi n.). ΚΠ 1590 E. Daunce Briefe Disc. Spanish State 37 The King hauing for the duties of wool 30 quentos. 1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce cxvi. 10 A ducat count or quento of marvides is a million. 1749 S. Lowe Arithm. in Two Parts 150/2 In Castile, they reckoned by maravedis, and quentos. A cuento (or quento) of maravedis was 1.000,000 of them. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. v. 155 To be redeemed in the term of three years, for the sum of thirty cuentos, or millions, of maravedies. 1928 H. L. Seaver tr. F. Enríquez de Cabrera in Great Revolt Castile ii. xvii. 193 With 100,000 maravedis of salary they amassed so many cuentos of income. 1987 Hist. Jrnl. 30 18 In addition to the 1033⅓ cuentos. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1590
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