单词 | real vellon |
释义 | > as lemmasreal (of) vellon Copper, as used in Spanish coinage. Used esp. in the denomination of certain coins, as real (of) vellon: see real n.1 ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > metal used for coining crown goldc1530 vellona1680 species1790 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > copper > as used in coinage vellona1680 a1680 Lady Fanshawe in Lady Halkett & Lady Fanshawe Mem. (1979) 169 We lett our dispense for 72000 Rlls vellon, a year. 1681 P. Rycaut tr. B. Gracián y Morales Critick To Rdr. We were dispatched thence with..something under the name of a Largess, to bear our Expences, paid in Vellion, or the Base Copper Money of Spain. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Money Spanish Money of Account, is the Peso, Ducat of Silver and Vellon, Rial of Vellon, and Cornados and Maravedis of Silver and Vellon. 1817 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (ed. 5) II. iii. xii. 489 The price of the load of four fanegas of wheat was..100 reals vellon. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 323/1 It passes in Spain for 20 reals vellon. < as lemmas |
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