| 单词 | mine adventure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmine adventure mine adventure n. now historical a speculation in the mining industry. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > speculation > type of mine adventure1698 land-jobbing1781 entrepreneurship1902 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > speculation > a speculation > type of mine adventure1698 embankment1813 1698 H. Mackworth (title) The Mine-Adventure; or, an expedient for composing all differences between the partners of the mines late of Sir Carbery Pryse:..for establishing a new method for the management thereof: [etc.]. 1705 R. Steele Tender Husband ii. i. 26 I consider'd all the Stocks, Old and New Company, her own Complexion and Youth, Partners for Sword-Blades, Chamber of London, Banks for Charity, and Mine-Adventures, till she told me [etc.]. 1945 William & Mary Q. 2 346 He was forced to part with what he had bought for his two children in the S. P. C. K. ‘mine adventure’, and also to sell some of his household goods. < as lemmas |
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