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单词 standing measure
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standing measure
standing measure n. Obsolete a standard unit of measurement; spec. a standard unit of monetary value.In later use often with reference to the collocation as it appears in the work of philosopher John Locke. Cf. quot. 1692.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures > an authorized measuring standard
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Johansson1918
1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 80 As I learned before, a degree is no standynge measure, but a rate of proportion, and dothe betoken the 360. parte of anye cyrcle.
1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 60 The value of any thing, compar'd with its self, or with a standing Measure.
1882 G. M. Weston Money ii. 31 Money is not a ‘standing measure’ like a bushel, but it is a measure by being the accepted medium of exchange for which everything is sold.
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