token coinage
noun[U]
MONEYukuscoinsfor which thevaluewritten on them isgreaterthan thevalueof thematerialsthey are made from
单词 | token coinage |
释义 | token coinage noun[U] MONEYukuscoinsfor which thevaluewritten on them isgreaterthan thevalueof thematerialsthey are made from Examplesoftoken coinagetoken coinage The driving force behind the need fortokencoinagewas the shortage of small denomination coins for everyday transactions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To thwart the further issuance of privatetokencoinage, in 1817 an act of parliament was passed which forbade the manufacture of private token coinage under very severe penalties. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The word itself is a lovely word, and we like to think that ourtokencoinagedoes contain silver. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But atokencoinageand "legal tender" he cannot abide. FromProject Gutenberg Our silver coinage has always been atokencoinage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So that, if that is a valid point, cupro-nickel is going to be more safe from the counterfeiter than our present silvertokencoinage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has always been atokencoinagein recent years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is doubtful if the delivery organization of these great stores is any more permanent than thetokencoinageof the tradespeople of the last century. FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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