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consols

/kon-solz, kuhn-solz/US // ˈkɒn sɒlz, kənˈsɒlz //UK // (ˈkɒnsɒlz, kənˈsɒlz) //

托架,控制台,慰问品,慰问金

Definitions

n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1
    • : Sometimes con·sol [kon-sol, kuhn-sol] /ˈkɒn sɒl, kənˈsɒl/ . the funded government securities of Great Britain that originated in the consolidation in 1751 of various public securities, chiefly in the form of annuities, into a single debt issue without maturity.

Examples

  • The compositions received have been funded in the Three per Cent, Consols to an amount exceeding 900l.

  • Consols are very low just now, Mr Harrington; would it not be advisable to wait till they go up?

  • Consols were steadily "slumping," and the organized resistance of Ulster was already regarded as serious.

  • The other day he said: 'There's my brother Jolyon won't look at Consols'—he seemed quite down about it.

  • It would call the Bank of England a preposterous institution if it thought it could bear Consols by doing so.