rean.

Brit.

/reɪ/, U.S.

/reɪ/

Forms:

α. 1500s reyes, 1500s reys, 1600s raies, 1600s rees, 1600s reys, 1600s– reis, 1700s rayes, 1700s rez, 1700s– reas.

β. 1500s reye, 1700s re, 1700s ree, 1700s rey, 1800s rei, 1800s– rea.

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: Portuguese réis, reais, real.

Etymology: In α. forms (as plural noun) < Portuguese réis, reais, plural of real (see real n.³). In β. forms an inferred singular. Compare Dutch reis , †reys , singular (1596 in the passage translated in quot. 1598¹ at sense 1a). Compare real n.³ and rial n.¹ 2. Compare also milreis n.

Now historical.

1. The former principal monetary unit of Portugal and its colonies, from the mid 15th cent. to 1911, when it was replaced by the escudo. Cf. milreis n.

a. In plural form.

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1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 348^v Alowynge to hym in pension seuen hundreth reys monethly. marg. Seuen hundreth reys are .x.s.

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. iii. 4/2 It is alwaies reckoned by Reyes, whereof 160. is as much as a Keysers gilderne, or foure rials [Du. 4 Realen] of siluer : so that two reyes [Du. twee Reysen] are foure pence, and one reye [Du. een Reys] two pence of Holland money.

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. iii. 5/1 The Cooper hath three duckets a moneth, and 3900 reyes [Du. reys] fraught.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 107 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The Order there is to sell them at 400 Reis [Fr. Reis].

1695 J. Locke Short Observ. Printed Paper 13 In Portugal they count their Money by Reys, a very small, or rather imaginary Coin.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 207 [In Goa] 60 Rees make a Tango.

1720 London Gaz. No. 5911/1 The King of Portugal has..laid a Tax of 200 Reas (in English Money about 13 Pence Half-penny) per Pound upon all Sugar.

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. II. 183 The silver coin of least value is a vintain, of twenty reis.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad v. 52 The Portuguese pennies or reis (pronounced rays) are prodigious. It takes one thousand reis to make a dollar.

1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 444 The pateca of 320 reis was struck in silver.

1998 Coin News June 18/1 A Martinique issue of 1805 struck on a counterfeit Portuguese 6,400-reis of 1775 attracted attention.

b. In singular form.

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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ree, a Portuguese Coin, of which 40 make 1 Ryal or 6 Pence in English Money.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Money The good Baruco is equal to a Portuguese Rey.

1790 J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales 69 The most common coin is a 4000 ree piece, which passes for £.1. 2. 6.

1829 W. M. Kinsey Portugal Illustr. (ed. 2) vii. 181 During the last year no less than five thousand pipes of wine were exported from the Douro, either to England or Hamburg, without the payment of one rei duty.

1875 W. S. Jevons Money xiv. 184 The Portuguese unit of account, called the rei, is worth only about the nineteenth part of an English penny, and is probably the smallest unit in the world.

1999 E. M. Nuxoll et al. Papers R. Morris IX. 302 (note) Discussions on the Portuguese rea as a money unit also appeared in the third of the ‘Letters on Appreciation’ published in the Pennsylvania Packet.

2. A unit of account in the earliest English monetary system in Bombay (now Mumbai), equivalent in value to one four-hundredth of a rupee. Now rare.

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1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 207 80 Raies 1 Laree. 1 Pice is 10 Raies. The Raies are Imaginary.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. App. 6 Their Accounts [at Bombay] are kept by Rayes and Rupees.

1780 Farmer's Mag. Apr. 108 2 Budgrooks = a Re..5 Rez = a Pice.

1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master v. 100 (note) A rea is the lowest coin in India.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 575/1 Accounts were kept at Bombay in rupees, quarters, and reas, down at least to November, 1834, as we have seen in accounts of that date at the India Office.

1999 Mod. Asian Stud. 33 161 (note) In Bombay ‘imaginary’ terms 100 Reas = 1 quarter and 4 quarters = 1 rupee.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rea
释义	rean. Brit. /reɪ/, U.S. /reɪ/ Forms: α. 1500s reyes, 1500s reys, 1600s raies, 1600s rees, 1600s reys, 1600s– reis, 1700s rayes, 1700s rez, 1700s– reas. β. 1500s reye, 1700s re, 1700s ree, 1700s rey, 1800s rei, 1800s– rea. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: Portuguese réis, reais, real. Etymology: In α. forms (as plural noun) < Portuguese réis, reais, plural of real (see real n.³). In β. forms an inferred singular. Compare Dutch reis , †reys , singular (1596 in the passage translated in quot. 1598¹ at sense 1a). Compare real n.³ and rial n.¹ 2. Compare also milreis n. Now historical. 1. The former principal monetary unit of Portugal and its colonies, from the mid 15th cent. to 1911, when it was replaced by the escudo. Cf. milreis n. a. In plural form. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Portuguese rea1555 milreis1589 real1688 1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 348^v Alowynge to hym in pension seuen hundreth reys monethly. marg. Seuen hundreth reys are .x.s. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. iii. 4/2 It is alwaies reckoned by Reyes, whereof 160. is as much as a Keysers gilderne, or foure rials [Du. 4 Realen] of siluer : so that two reyes [Du. twee Reysen] are foure pence, and one reye [Du. een Reys] two pence of Holland money. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. iii. 5/1 The Cooper hath three duckets a moneth, and 3900 reyes [Du. reys] fraught. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 107 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The Order there is to sell them at 400 Reis [Fr. Reis]. 1695 J. Locke Short Observ. Printed Paper 13 In Portugal they count their Money by Reys, a very small, or rather imaginary Coin. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 207 [In Goa] 60 Rees make a Tango. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5911/1 The King of Portugal has..laid a Tax of 200 Reas (in English Money about 13 Pence Half-penny) per Pound upon all Sugar. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. II. 183 The silver coin of least value is a vintain, of twenty reis. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad v. 52 The Portuguese pennies or reis (pronounced rays) are prodigious. It takes one thousand reis to make a dollar. 1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 444 The pateca of 320 reis was struck in silver. 1998 Coin News June 18/1 A Martinique issue of 1805 struck on a counterfeit Portuguese 6,400-reis of 1775 attracted attention. b. In singular form. ΚΠ 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. iii. 4/2 It is alwaies reckoned by Reyes, whereof 160. is as much as a Keysers gilderne, or foure rials [Du. 4 Realen] of siluer : so that two reyes [Du. twee Reysen] are foure pence, and one reye [Du. een Reys] two pence of Holland money. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ree, a Portuguese Coin, of which 40 make 1 Ryal or 6 Pence in English Money. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Money The good Baruco is equal to a Portuguese Rey. 1790 J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales 69 The most common coin is a 4000 ree piece, which passes for £.1. 2. 6. 1829 W. M. Kinsey Portugal Illustr. (ed. 2) vii. 181 During the last year no less than five thousand pipes of wine were exported from the Douro, either to England or Hamburg, without the payment of one rei duty. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money xiv. 184 The Portuguese unit of account, called the rei, is worth only about the nineteenth part of an English penny, and is probably the smallest unit in the world. 1999 E. M. Nuxoll et al. Papers R. Morris IX. 302 (note) Discussions on the Portuguese rea as a money unit also appeared in the third of the ‘Letters on Appreciation’ published in the Pennsylvania Packet. 2. A unit of account in the earliest English monetary system in Bombay (now Mumbai), equivalent in value to one four-hundredth of a rupee. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Indian rupee1612 pun1683 rea1698 naya paisa1956 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 207 80 Raies 1 Laree. 1 Pice is 10 Raies. The Raies are Imaginary. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. App. 6 Their Accounts [at Bombay] are kept by Rayes and Rupees. 1780 Farmer's Mag. Apr. 108 2 Budgrooks = a Re..5 Rez = a Pice. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master v. 100 (note) A rea is the lowest coin in India. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 575/1 Accounts were kept at Bombay in rupees, quarters, and reas, down at least to November, 1834, as we have seen in accounts of that date at the India Office. 1999 Mod. Asian Stud. 33 161 (note) In Bombay ‘imaginary’ terms 100 Reas = 1 quarter and 4 quarters = 1 rupee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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