| 单词 | white money |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite money white money n. (a) silver money, silver coins; cf. sense A. 2b (now historical); (b) (chiefly in India) money declared for tax purposes; (also) money obtained by legal means; cf. black money n. 2, 3. [With sense (a) compare Anglo-Norman blanche moneie (beginning of the 14th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > (a) silver coin silverc825 platea1275 whitea1393 white money1423 argentc1500 pringle1683 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4846 (MED) Muche was þe tresour þat þay founde þan, of gold & syluer & ryche stan & monaye whyt & blake.] 1423–4 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1423 §54. m. 30 For as muche as gret scarcite of whit money is wyth inne this land, because that silver is bought. 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Ciiiv He plucked out, viii. s. in white mony. 1607 T. Middleton Phoenix sig. D Hee had so much grace before he died to turn his white mony into gold, a great ease to his Executor. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1664 (1955) III. 370 The fine new Milled Coyne both of White-mony & Ginnies. 1786 Elfrida II. 74 ‘Here my little fellow, what will you do with these two pieces of white money?’ holding out two half-crowns to him. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 158 My hand has nae been crossed with white money but ance these seven blessed days. 1896 M. Hornsby Old Time Echoes Tasmania 24 They began to clamour for 'bacca, white money, and so on. 1965 Times of India 7 July 6/4 Certain tax exemptions should also be considered for those who buy such bonds with ‘white’ money. 2012 D. K. Rangnekar Politics of Poverty xiii. 140 Today ‘black money’ is nearly as significant as white money, and is at the root of what may be called India's deplorable parallel economy. < as lemmas |
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