bezant

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He went to market to buy sheep, and had two for a bezant.

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  1. noun See solidus.
  2. noun Architecture A flat disk used as an ornament.

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  • Does anyone have any companies with a potential to rise that I can look into. max i wanted to say bezant resources but they gone up to 30\% today already!!!
  • He went to market to buy sheep, and had two for a bezant. —  Italian Popular Tales
  • But if you are the monk's friend, why do you want to see him die She made no reply, but took from a pocket a bezant, and contrived to throw its yellow gleam in the sentinel's eyes Is the gate locked No, it is barred on this side Does it open into the arena Yes I do not ask you to violate your orders," she continued, calmly; "only let me go to the gate, and see the man when he is brought out She offered him the money, and he took it, saying: "Very well. —  The Prince of India — Volume 02
  • Will a bezant be a conformable price for the cast A bezant, Master Falconer!--By my faith, you are no bold bodesman! —  The Betrothed
  • We are paid in the coin of the white man's trade -- the bezant is hard, ay, and black. —  Verses 1889-1896
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  1. Middle English besant, from Old French, from Medieval Latin Bȳzantius, from Latin, of Byzantium.

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  1. from Middle English bezant, besant, besan, from Old French besant, bezan, besan = Provencal bezan = Spanish bezante = Portuguese besante = Italian bisante, from Middle Latin Bezantius, Latin Byzantius (sc. nummus), a Byzantine coin, from Byzantium, from Greek Βυζάντιον, older name of Constantinople. Cf. florin.
 

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