Lexicographical Neighbors of Centums
Literary usage of Centums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works of Henry Clay: Comprising His Life, Correspondence, and Speeches by Henry Clay, Thomas Brackett Reed, William McKinley (1897)
"We are told by the gentleman from Maryland, that offers have been made to the
Secretary of the Treasury to exchange three per centums, at their market price ..."
2. The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay by Henry Clay (1844)
"We are told by the gentleman from Maryland, that offers have been made to the
secretary of the treasury to exchange three per centums, at their market price ..."
3. Compiled Statutes of the United States, 1913: Embracing the Statutes of the by John Allan Mallory, United States (1914)
"Before this act the compensation of said was by fees, allowances per diem, mileage,
per centums, etc., prescri tio<i chapter 16 of this Title of the Revised ..."
4. An Enquiry Into and an Explanation of Decimal Coinage and the Metric System by Edwyn Anthony (1905)
"Very possibly only two words—say " decem " and " centum "—would be required for
a large number of cases. Thus let io centums = i Decem; ..."
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