英语词汇“cut-money”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cut-money n. U.S. (see quot. 1822).

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > coins cut into smaller pieces

cut-money1809

1809 in W. Littell Statute Law of Kentucky (1814) IV. 45 To pay cut money into the public treasury.

1822 J. Woods Two Years' Resid. Eng. Prairie 230 We found change at these towns very scarce; what there was, was mostly cut-money; that is, when change is wanted they often cut dollars, half-dollars, and quarter-dollars, into smaller pieces with an ax or chisel.

1824 W. N. Blane Excurs. through U.S. 257 I was obliged to cut a silver dollar, into quarters, and even into eighths; a practice so common in the Western States, that the cut-money as it was called, was the only change that could be had in Missouri.

单词	cut-money
释义	> as lemmas cut-money cut-money n. U.S. (see quot. 1822). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > coins cut into smaller pieces cut-money1809 1809 in W. Littell Statute Law of Kentucky (1814) IV. 45 To pay cut money into the public treasury. 1822 J. Woods Two Years' Resid. Eng. Prairie 230 We found change at these towns very scarce; what there was, was mostly cut-money; that is, when change is wanted they often cut dollars, half-dollars, and quarter-dollars, into smaller pieces with an ax or chisel. 1824 W. N. Blane Excurs. through U.S. 257 I was obliged to cut a silver dollar, into quarters, and even into eighths; a practice so common in the Western States, that the cut-money as it was called, was the only change that could be had in Missouri. extracted from cutadj. < as lemmas
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