英语词汇“the fifth penny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. In singular preceded by an ordinal numeral. A specified fraction of a sum of money, as the fifth penny, every fifth penny in any number of pennies; one fifth of the whole sum of money. Now historical (usually with reference to taxation).

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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > a certain or fixed sum > an aliquot part of

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OE Restoration of Sandwich to Christ Church (Sawyer 1467) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 176 [He] bæd hine fultumes to þam hirode embe þone þriddan penig.

a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 7 (MED) Euer þe furþe peni mot to þe kynge.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 255 Kyng Henry hadde þe twentiþe peny of lewed men catel.

1423 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1909) I. 295 Have he, for his labour, the tryd peny that shal be recovered.

a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 135 (MED) The French kyng in..wyne takyth more off is peple than dothe þe Saudan; ffor he takith þe iiijth peyne þeroff.

1534 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 215 With all rychtis of the teind penny and the ferde penny.

1581 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 427 All and haill the erldome of Gowry, with the teind penny of all wardis.

1585 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 743 The first fructis and fyft penny of the same beneficeis.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xl. 79 None can hire or build a House, but he must pay the tenth penny.

1681 London Gaz. No. 1654/2 The Nations of this City have declared their willingness to give twice the 20th penny, which..will raise a Million and a halfe.

a1745 J. Swift Misc. in Wks. (1941) IX. 54 Although it be notorious that they do not receive the third penny of the real value.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. ix. 111 In 1720 interest was reduced from the twentieth to the fiftieth penny, or from five to two per cent.

1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. v. 168 Remunerated by what was termed ‘the fourth penny’, that is, each journeyman received as his wages..the fourth part of the gross sum for which such cloth was sold.

1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. 436 The earl's creation money, twenty pounds, was a substitute for the third penny of the county.

1986 Eng. Hist. Rev. 101 855 The Great Council of 1488 is said to have authorized a subsidy of a tenth penny to meet the costs of defence, a tax later confirmed in Parliament.

1995 Econ. Hist. Rev. 48 650 For the years 1561 and 1732 the records of the tax of the tenth penny and of the property tax..have been preserved for nearly every town and village in Holland.

单词	the fifth penny
释义	> as lemmas the fifth penny a. In singular preceded by an ordinal numeral. A specified fraction of a sum of money, as the fifth penny, every fifth penny in any number of pennies; one fifth of the whole sum of money. Now historical (usually with reference to taxation). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > a certain or fixed sum > an aliquot part of pennyOE fifth-penny1732 OE Restoration of Sandwich to Christ Church (Sawyer 1467) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 176 [He] bæd hine fultumes to þam hirode embe þone þriddan penig. a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 7 (MED) Euer þe furþe peni mot to þe kynge. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 255 Kyng Henry hadde þe twentiþe peny of lewed men catel. 1423 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1909) I. 295 Have he, for his labour, the tryd peny that shal be recovered. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 135 (MED) The French kyng in..wyne takyth more off is peple than dothe þe Saudan; ffor he takith þe iiijth peyne þeroff. 1534 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 215 With all rychtis of the teind penny and the ferde penny. 1581 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 427 All and haill the erldome of Gowry, with the teind penny of all wardis. 1585 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 743 The first fructis and fyft penny of the same beneficeis. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xl. 79 None can hire or build a House, but he must pay the tenth penny. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1654/2 The Nations of this City have declared their willingness to give twice the 20th penny, which..will raise a Million and a halfe. a1745 J. Swift Misc. in Wks. (1941) IX. 54 Although it be notorious that they do not receive the third penny of the real value. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. ix. 111 In 1720 interest was reduced from the twentieth to the fiftieth penny, or from five to two per cent. View more context for this quotation 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. v. 168 Remunerated by what was termed ‘the fourth penny’, that is, each journeyman received as his wages..the fourth part of the gross sum for which such cloth was sold. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. 436 The earl's creation money, twenty pounds, was a substitute for the third penny of the county. 1986 Eng. Hist. Rev. 101 855 The Great Council of 1488 is said to have authorized a subsidy of a tenth penny to meet the costs of defence, a tax later confirmed in Parliament. 1995 Econ. Hist. Rev. 48 650 For the years 1561 and 1732 the records of the tax of the tenth penny and of the property tax..have been preserved for nearly every town and village in Holland. extracted from pennyn. < as lemmas
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