pounds of gold

collocation in English

meaningsofpoundandgold

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pound
noun[C]
uk
/paʊnd/us
/paʊnd/
the standard unit of money used in the UK and some ...
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gold
adjective
uk
/ɡəʊld/us
/ɡoʊld/
made of gold, or the colour ...
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(Definition ofpoundandgoldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The amount of the cathedraticum was fixed in ancient times at two solidi (coins; a solidus was one seventy-second part of apoundofgold).
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The group demanded 25 pounds of gold to release her.
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The most conservative estimation for expedition expenses is of 64,000 pounds of gold, a sum that exceeded a whole year's revenue.
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The sum which he named was a large one, 4,000 pounds of gold.
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The record pan, according to witnesses, was $1,400.00, or roughly 7 pounds of gold in 15 pounds (two shovelfuls) of gravel.
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The theme's governing "stratgos" ranked in the first tier of thematic governors and received an annual salary of 40 pounds of gold.
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Also in the train were 80 camels, which varying reports claim carried between 50 and 300 pounds of gold dust each.
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Although he initially refused to co-operate, the payment of 50 pounds of gold helped change his mind.
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The iconostasis is gilded with gold and the icons too; this being used over 8 pounds of gold for this purpose.
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Elegant building construction (1919), cost more than 30,000 pounds of gold.
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The diverted funds were about 36 million pounds of gold and silver.
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He used this opportunity to give away 7,200 pounds of gold, a practice which he continued annually throughout the four years of his reign.
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The holders of the post received an annual salary of 40 pounds of gold, and are attested as holding the senior court ranks of "patrikios", "anthypatos", and "prtospatharios".
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The expedition, which cost 130,000 pounds of gold and 700 pounds of silver, consisted of 1,113 ships carrying 100,000 men, but in the end lost 600 ships.
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He is almost always seen with about 50 pounds of gold necklaces and rings on every finger, and also wears a weightlifting belt.
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