Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Government securities of Great Britain, including a large part of the public debt, the full name of which is “the three per cent. consolidated annuities.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural The leading British funded government security.
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- noun Plural form of
consol .
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Examples
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On January 18, 1886, it consisted of 15,008 members, and had a capital invested in French consols of 361,003 fr. 99 c.
France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 William Henry Hurlbert 1861
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$100, and two for $50, and that they were burned with his residence, which was destroyed by fire on the 9th day of July, 1872, and that while he could not furnish the numbers or descriptions of said bonds he understood all these bonds were of the class known as consols of
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland 1872
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[8], and the issue of undated bonds known as "consols".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
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But really, the SF books have got to start doing better than shots of planets, space ship consols, and meaningless towerscapes like the Banks book.
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The real problem with these readers isn't the hefty pricetag itself, there are plenty of expensive electronic toys on the market (game consols, etc) that people are willing to shell-out for.
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| Reply well i remember a big thing about the next gen consols was gonna be 3d
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Gates sees the future in 3D 2005
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City man wakes up to care and consols, and the thoughts of
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It was in the three per cent. consols — 2,333_l. 6_s. 8_d.
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To be miserable at this rate you must, at the very least, have four thousand a year: and many persons are there so enamored of grief and sin, that they would willingly take the risk of the misery to have a life-interest in the consols that accompany it, quite careless about consequences, and sceptical as to the notion that a day is at hand when you must fulfil YOUR SHARE OF THE
George Cruikshank 2006
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Men come and bask in the halo of consols and acres that beams round about him: the reverence is transferred with the estate; of which, with all its advantages, pleasures, respect, and good-will, he in turn becomes the life-tenant.
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