Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Greek silver coin, the hemidrachm, of the value of 4½ pence.
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Examples
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The rich, like the poor, receive the daily triobolon as a free gift; but if they compute it as interest for their investments, they will find that the rate of interest is full and satisfactory, like the rate on bottomry.”
Ways and Means 2007
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The rich, like the poor, receive the daily triobolon as a free gift; but if they compute it as interest for their investments, they will find that the rate of interest is full and satisfactory, like the rate on bottomry. "
On Revenues 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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