Ducat
['dʌkət]
Definition
(n.) A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in Europe; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke.
Editor: Robert
Definition
n. a gold coin formerly much used on the Continent its commonest value being about 9s. 4d. though there were silver ducats in Italy worth 3s. 4d.—n. Ducatoon′ an old silver coin in Venice and elsewhere worth 5 to 6 shillings.
Typist: Ruben
Examples
- In the same year he superintended the gilding, by electro-plate, of the iron dome of the Cathedral of St. Isaac at St. Petersburgh, using 274 pounds of ducat gold. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Justice--the Law--my ducats, and my daughter! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The wits nicknamed him _Il Milione_, because he was always talking of millions of people and millions of ducats. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The receipts which are given for deposits of gold ducats fall to it yet more frequently, because a higher warehouse rent, or one half per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He bought off the German troops at last by the payment of four hundred thousand ducats. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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