英语词汇“predecimal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

predecimal adj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)priːˈdɛsᵻml/

U.S.

/ˌpriˈdɛs(ə)məl/

(esp. of coinage) of or relating to a time before the introduction of a decimal system, esp. the introduction of decimal currency in the United Kingdom in 1971.

ΚΠ

1968 Buck County (Pa.) Times 22 Apr. 7/4 ‘When we go decimal we will have 100 new pennies to the pound. That means it will be much easier to do money sums.’ Maybe the decimal board thinks so, but a couple of pre-decimal tryouts led to more trouble than simplification.

1971 Times 23 Oct. 19/6 The price of Investment-Trust Units went steadily upwards from 1s 11½d (pre-decimal money but allowing for the unit split in 1969) to 2s 11d.

2004 Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. (Features section) 51 He was paid 5s 3d (the predecimal equivalent of 26p) an hour.

单词	predecimal
释义	> as lemmas predecimal predecimal adj. Brit. /(ˌ)priːˈdɛsᵻml/ , U.S. /ˌpriˈdɛs(ə)məl/ (esp. of coinage) of or relating to a time before the introduction of a decimal system, esp. the introduction of decimal currency in the United Kingdom in 1971. ΚΠ 1968 Buck County (Pa.) Times 22 Apr. 7/4 ‘When we go decimal we will have 100 new pennies to the pound. That means it will be much easier to do money sums.’ Maybe the decimal board thinks so, but a couple of pre-decimal tryouts led to more trouble than simplification. 1971 Times 23 Oct. 19/6 The price of Investment-Trust Units went steadily upwards from 1s 11½d (pre-decimal money but allowing for the unit split in 1969) to 2s 11d. 2004 Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. (Features section) 51 He was paid 5s 3d (the predecimal equivalent of 26p) an hour. extracted from pre-prefix < as lemmas
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