| 单词 | middle tenor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmiddle tenor c. The value of a bank note or bill as stated on it: in old tenor, middle tenor, new tenor, referring to the successive issues of paper currency in the colonies of Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the 18th cent. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > a banknote > writing or printing on > value as stated on note tenor1740 1740 W. Douglass Disc. Currencies Brit. Plantations in Amer. 40 All bills of the old Tenor when brought into their Treasury, to issue out no more. 1811 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 638 It is worse than old tenor, continental currency, or any other paper money. 1878 F. A. Walker Money xv. 319 In 1741 the Assembly made 6s. 9d. of the new-tenor equal to 27 shillings of the old. 1878 F. A. Walker Money xv. 320 By act of 1770, the old-tenor notes were to be exchanged at this rate. < as lemmas |
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