单词 | rescounter |
释义 | rescountern.ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] fightc893 coursec1325 stourc1325 acounterc1330 meetingc1330 setc1330 showera1375 brusha1400 semblya1400 hosting1422 poynyec1425 conflictc1440 militancea1460 grate1460 rencounter1471 chaplea1500 flitea1513 concourse?1520 concursion1533 rescounter1543 spurnc1560 rencontrea1572 discourse1573 action1579 combat1582 opposition1598 do1915 1543 E. Harvel in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) IX. 537 Somme thinkith that Barbarossa wil go to Alger, or infest the cost of Spaine, not finding other rescontre. 1639 L. Lawrence tr. San Pedro de Diego Small Treat. betwixt Arnalte & Lucenda 92 The rude shock, of our rescounter did Expresse what love was in our bosomes hid. 1683 Dutch Rogue 32 Wonderfully disfigured, with weeping, want of sleep, and so many terrible rescontres they had met with. 2. Finance. The settlement or payment of differences on accounts. Also: an agreement to pay the sum due on a balance of accounts. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > promise of payment > on balance of accounts rescounter1622 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > balancing of accounts balance1588 rescounter1622 balancing1668 making-up1847 bank reconciliation1898 make-up1952 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 421 Which according to the said computation is all one in effect betweene them, and might by way of rescounter answere each other in account. 1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 222 If any Payments cannot be made exactly by Resconter for the just Sum,..they give and take from one another..a Note for the Value that one or the other must pay. 1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 222 In other Fairs the Resconters must be clearly exprest on Paper, written with Ink, in Books for that purpose, called Resconter-Books,..and when the Resconter is once made, its as effectual as if the Bill were paid with ready Cash. 1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 57 Tickets—India-Bonds—Rescounters—Consolidate. 1796 T. Morton Way to get Married ii. ii. 34 I'll make you up to all—Cons—Rescounters, short stuff, bonus, backwardation, omnium gatherum. 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Rescounters, the time of settlement between the bulls and bears of Exchange-alley, when the losers must pay their differences, or become lame ducks, and waddle out of the Alley. 1963 J. Norris Shelburne & Reform v. 63 Like Sulivan, Shelburne and Macleane were caught in the rescounter of May 1769 that followed closely on Sulivan's triumph in the elections, with their stock extended to various straw men and not available to cover the sums for which they were responsible in the accounting. 1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 25 Oct. 14 You could settle early but under the rescounter you would normally settle two weeks after settlement day in Amsterdam. Compounds General use as a modifier (in sense 2). ΚΠ 1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 222 In other Fairs the Resconters must be clearly exprest on Paper, written with Ink, in Books for that purpose, called Resconter-Books. ΚΠ 1774 G. Colman Man of Business iv. 47 You know the rescounter day, sir; and if Mr. Beverley does not pay his differences within these four and twenty hours, the world cannot hinder his being a lame duck. 1793 P. Lovelass Trader's Safeguard (ed. 2) vii. 131 To be delivered at a certain time, called the rescounter day in February following. rescounter settlings n. ΚΠ 1775 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker 39 These are called, in 'Change Alley, the Rescounter Settlings. 1942 Economica 9 201 The usual method employed to carry a ‘bull’ position in the funds was to buy for the rescounter settlings, which took place every six weeks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rescounterv. Obsolete. rare. 1. intransitive. To meet with an enemy. Cf. recounter v. 2a, rencounter v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > join or meet in battle to come togetherOE to lay togetherc1275 smitec1275 to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle1297 joustc1330 meetc1330 copec1350 assemblea1375 semblea1375 coup?a1400 to fight togethera1400 strikea1400 joinc1400 to join the battle1455 to commit battle?a1475 rencounter1497 to set ina1500 to pitch a battlea1513 concura1522 rescounter1543 scontre1545 journey1572 shock1575 yoke1581 to give in1610 mix1697 to engage a combat1855 to run (or ride) a-tilt1862 1543 E. Harvel in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) IX. 424 Andrea Doria issuid owt of Geane incontinently with 48 galeis,..to rescontre with the French navye. 1543 E. Harvel in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) IX. 537 It hath ben raportid that Barbarossa was departed from Tolon with 30 galeis, to rescontre, as men thinke, with Janetin Doria. 2. transitive. To balance or settle (an account, etc.). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > add up and ascertain differences > balance or reconcile strike1539 sald1588 rescounter1606 even1619 balance1622 level1660 square1815 reconcile1822 agree1882 cash1960 1606 [see rescountering n. at Derivatives]. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 156 That Merchants assuring each to other, may rescounter their Premios, in the accounts kept thereof betweene them. 1683 Dutch Rogue 37 Seeing a certain kind of Generosity in his Chapman, more than a Willingness to put off his wines, rescountered his courtesy with a declining of his kind offer. Derivatives rescountering n. ΚΠ 1606 Cæsar Papers in Lansdowne MSS. (Brit. Mus.) CLII. f. 211 The Statute provided for all Straungers dealing by waie of merchaundize..for the rescountring or ballancing of such trade as..they bringe into this kingdome. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1543v.1543 |
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