| 单词 | to stand sevenpence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand sevenpence The sum or value of seven pence, esp. in British currency before decimalization. Also in † to stand sevenpence: to serve a penal sentence of seven years' transportation (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > specific amounts of pence sixpencec1380 twelvepencec1380 twopence1477 sevenpence1558 ninepence1568 twopence halfpenny16.. fippence1607 threepence1607 sicle1720 fourpence1852 fivepence- society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > transportation > term of > for seven years sevenpence1821 seven-pennyworth1823 1558–9 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 484 The somme of sixe score eight pounds, eleven shillings, seven pence, stallid as a debt to this cittie. 1633 J. Clarke tr. Two-fold Praxis ii. 23 in Dux Grammaticus I lived..with sevenpence commons, weekely. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) ix. 255 Peices..of sevenpence (called a skillen). 1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. iii. 230 My Lord, if I am to stand seven-pence, my Lord, I hope you'll take it into your consideration. 1950 Daily Mail 11 Dec. 6/1 The Ministry of Food have withdrawn the extra sevenpence in the £ surcharge on wholesale meat purchases. 2017 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 30 Nov. 18 A seat at the front cost fourpence, one further back sevenpence, and in the balcony—a princely ninepence! < as lemmas |
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