单词 | rin |
释义 | † rinn.1 English regional (Norfolk). Obsolete. rare. Brine. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > salt brinea1000 salt watera1000 run1440 brine-water1594 rin1787 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 386 Rin, brine. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Rin, brine. Norf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2019). rinn.2 Now historical. A Japanese monetary unit, equal to 1/ 10 sen; a coin of this value.The rin was removed from circulation in 1954. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Japanese ryo1862 rin1868 yen1874 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Japanese coins oban1614 ichibu1616 kobang1616 sen1727 tempo1860 rin1868 yen1874 1868 J. J. Hoffman Japanese Gram. iv. 171 The Mon has a value of one..Rin, and 100 pieces..are reckoned at one Mon-me or mace of silver. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. ix. 272 10 Rin = 1 Sen = ½d. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. ix. 272 The Yen is divided into 100 Sen, and the Sen into 10 Rin. 1895 F. E. Clark Our Journey around World xiii. 244 We were approached..by many money changers, who offered to change our sens into rins. 1931 Economist 2 May 947/1 [Japanese] savings banks followed suit..reducing the rate [on deposits] by 1 rin per diem or 0·365 per cent per annum. 1958 Times 5 Sept. 17/7 Discount rates on exporters' promissory notes..will be reduced to 1 sen 5 rin from 1 sen 6 rin per day per 100 yen. 1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 548 The bronze sen and 5 rin pieces of this reign had as obverse type the kiri-flower crest which had appeared on the gold obans and kobans of the shogunate. 1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 275 The yen..was divided into two smaller generations: the sen, of which there were (and still are) a hundred to the yen; and the rin, of which there are a thousand (and thus ten to the sen). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasRIN RIN n. now historical Royal Indian Navy. ΚΠ 1935 Times 29 July 21/6 The new sloop Indus, Commander E. M. Bayfield, R.I.N., is due to leave Portsmouth to-day for Bombay. 2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 18 Mar. 21 He was..serving on HMIS Dalhousie, based at Bombay..before becoming RIN liaison officer in London. < n.11787n.21868 as lemmas |
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