ounce of gold

collocation in English

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ounce
noun
uk
/aʊns/us
/aʊns/
a unit of weight equal to approximately ...
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gold
noun
uk
/ɡəʊld/us
/ɡoʊld/
a chemical element that is a valuable, shiny, yellow metal used to make coins ...
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(Definition ofounceandgoldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The values on the lower adit were reported to be $10.00 per ton or 1/2ounceofgoldper ton.
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Conversely, $20.67 was convertible into anounceofgoldof this quality.
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In this agreement, the dollar was devalued from $35 per troyounceofgoldto $38.
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For example, since oneounceofgoldis equivalent to any otherounceofgold, gold is fungible.
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Instead of that, we have for hundreds of years let anounceofgolddetermine the value of exchange.
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The fact that you pay more for anounceofgoldproves my statement.
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The old stabilised position was 15½ ounces of silver to oneounceofgold.
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There is a widespread superstition that a dollar is always one thirty-fifth of anounceofgold, but it is not true.
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It was established that 15 ounces of silver was worth oneounceofgold, and it would remain that, and it did remain that for 60 years.
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Looking at the past to see what has happened we find that silver has fluctuated somewhere between 13½ to 16 ounces to theounceofgold.
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It involves a certain amount of human labour, the use of a certain quantity of raw materials and so on, to produce anounceofgold.
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This made anounceofgold9/10 fine identical with $20.67.
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The gold standard was changed to, equivalent to setting the price of 1 troyounceofgoldat $35.
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That person ends up with exactly oneounceofgoldagain.
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Everyounceofgoldthat was mined could be sold to one government or another at a set price.
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In other words, one dollar was roughly a twentieth of anounceofgoldor precisely 100/2067ths of an ounce.
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After its passage, oneounceofgoldwas the equivalent of $20.67.
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The empire taxed everyounceofgoldor salt that entered its borders.
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If the value of the currency relative to gold has increased, then the person receives more than oneounceofgold.
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