| 单词 | gold certificate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold certificate gold certificate n. a certificate or statement that confirms ownership of gold to a specified value; spec. (a) a United States government banknote certifying that gold to the amount stated on the face of the certificate has been deposited and may be redeemed; = gold note n. (now historical); (b) a statement certifying ownership of current gold holdings, issued by the United States Treasury Department to the Federal Reserve.In sense (a) such notes were until 1933 usable as paper currency; cf. yellowback n. 4, gold note n.In sense (b) the certificate usually takes the form of a (now electronic) statement of holdings, rather than a paper note. ΚΠ 1857 Economist 10 Jan. 39/1 With regard to the employment of paper which actually represents gold..and may for all purposes be considered as gold certificates or warrants. 1864 Santa Fe Weekly New Mexican 27 May 2/3 The boys in New York..join[ed] in the procession of gold certificate buyers. 1936 Commerc. & Financial Chron. 24 Oct. 2605/1 Federal Reserve banks must maintain a reserve in gold certificates of at least 40%, including the redemption fund which must be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States... ‘Gold Certificates’ as herein used includes credits with the Treasurer of the United States payable in gold certificates. 1992 D. Herrmann A. M. Lindbergh x. 134 Hauptmann..had been arrested several days after giving Walter Lyle..a [stolen] $10 gold certificate. 2010 I. S. Friedberg & A. Friedberg Paper Money United States (ed. 19) 164 Gold Certificates are colorful and vivid and are among the most attractive of all currency issues. 2012 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 Feb. a2/4 The Federal Reserve holds $11.037 billion in gold certificates, which represent claims in dollars on the U.S. Treasury and not actual gold holdings. < as lemmas |
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