milliemen.

Brit.

/ˈmɪljɛm/,

/ˈmɪlɪˌɛm/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlˌjɛm/,

/ˈmɪliˌɛm/

Forms: 1800s– millième, 1900s– millieme.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French millième.

Etymology: < French millième a thousandth (see millesm n.); not recorded in the specific senses below in French dictionaries, although for sense 1 compare quot. 1854 at sense 1, and with sense 2 compare millime n.

†1. In form millième. A unit of weight equal to one-thousandth of a gram, esp. as a measure of the fineness of gold and silver. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1854 De Bow's Rev. July 2 The standard of fineness for gold being fixed at .917; that for silver at .882 millièmes, according to the French mode of computation, now employed in the Mints of the United States, instead of the ancient expression by carats and eighths.

1865 Sci. Amer. 20 May 320/2 All the gun-cottons we analyzed were previously washed in a mixture of alcohol and ether, to remove some millièmes of fatty and soluble matters.

1870 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 33 65 The English assay of B. 1 3½, is equal to 994.8 millièmes, but even 996 is called B. 1 3½ in the English practice.

2. A monetary unit of Egypt (also at one time current in Sudan), introduced in 1885, and equal to one-hundredth (formerly one-tenth) of a piastre, or one-thousandth of a pound. Also: a monetary unit of Libya, equivalent to one-thousandth of a pound (disused).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > other specific Middle Eastern

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1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 700/1 The unit is the Egyptian pound, which is divided into 100 piastres, the piastre being again divided in 10 milliemes.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 700/1 Pieces of 20, 10, 5, 2, and 1 piastres in silver; 5, 2, and 1 milliemes in nickel.

1957 Whitaker's Almanack 907/1 The £ Libyan..is divided into 100 piastres and 1,000 millièmes.

1972 Whitaker's Almanack 987 Sudanese Pound of 100 Piastres or 1,000 Milliemes.

1984 N. Barber Woman of Cairo i. ix. 114 She had started her career as a poor peasant girl..giving impromptu concerts, asking for a collection of a few milliemes after the show.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	millieme
释义	milliemen. Brit. /ˈmɪljɛm/, /ˈmɪlɪˌɛm/, U.S. /ˈmɪlˌjɛm/, /ˈmɪliˌɛm/ Forms: 1800s– millième, 1900s– millieme. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French millième. Etymology: < French millième a thousandth (see millesm n.); not recorded in the specific senses below in French dictionaries, although for sense 1 compare quot. 1854 at sense 1, and with sense 2 compare millime n. †1. In form millième. A unit of weight equal to one-thousandth of a gram, esp. as a measure of the fineness of gold and silver. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1854 De Bow's Rev. July 2 The standard of fineness for gold being fixed at .917; that for silver at .882 millièmes, according to the French mode of computation, now employed in the Mints of the United States, instead of the ancient expression by carats and eighths. 1865 Sci. Amer. 20 May 320/2 All the gun-cottons we analyzed were previously washed in a mixture of alcohol and ether, to remove some millièmes of fatty and soluble matters. 1870 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 33 65 The English assay of B. 1 3½, is equal to 994.8 millièmes, but even 996 is called B. 1 3½ in the English practice. 2. A monetary unit of Egypt (also at one time current in Sudan), introduced in 1885, and equal to one-hundredth (formerly one-tenth) of a piastre, or one-thousandth of a pound. Also: a monetary unit of Libya, equivalent to one-thousandth of a pound (disused). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > other specific Middle Eastern toman1832 millieme1902 millime1919 fils1931 rial1939 rial1959 halala1961 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 700/1 The unit is the Egyptian pound, which is divided into 100 piastres, the piastre being again divided in 10 milliemes. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 700/1 Pieces of 20, 10, 5, 2, and 1 piastres in silver; 5, 2, and 1 milliemes in nickel. 1957 Whitaker's Almanack 907/1 The £ Libyan..is divided into 100 piastres and 1,000 millièmes. 1972 Whitaker's Almanack 987 Sudanese Pound of 100 Piastres or 1,000 Milliemes. 1984 N. Barber Woman of Cairo i. ix. 114 She had started her career as a poor peasant girl..giving impromptu concerts, asking for a collection of a few milliemes after the show. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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