| 单词 | a fivepenny rate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa fivepenny rate Valued at or amounting to fivepence. a fivepenny rate, fivepenny tax: one at fivepence in the pound. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [adjective] > specific prices sixpenny1591 fourpenny1597 eight-penny1598 twelvepenny1609 six-shilling1631 ninepenny1632 seven1643 threepenny1698 sevenpenny1712 fivepenny1799 shilling gallery1801 1799 in Deb. Congr. U.S. (1851) 7th Congress 2 Sess. 1410 I was like~wise informed that this was done, and a five-penny-bit each paid freely for a copy. 1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. lvi. 218 I never pass a begging friar without giving him sixpence, or the equivalent fivepence of foreign coin;—extending the charity even occasionally as far as tenpence, if no fivepenny-bit chance to be in my purse. 1968 Guardian 24 Apr. 3/3 The woman at the till took the new fivepenny piece. 1971 A. Ross Huddersfield Job 51 A fistful of fivepenny pieces. < as lemmas |
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