stiver
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- noun
- /ˈstaɪvər/
- Archaic
:
stiver
- During his travels in Europe, he found an old coin that turned out to be a stiver from the 17th century.
Examples
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She saved every last stiver she could find to buy a new book.
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In 1481, the rate was established at two Flemish deniers (or one stiver) per foot for the first two years, and four deniers (two stivers) per foot beginning with the third year and for the next thirty-one years of the rental contract.
Academic text (1990) -
As Stivers in his study of American policy in the region before World War II states, in general, American oil companies and the government adopted "a posture of acquiescence to British rule and of hostility to Arab aspirations." 40
Academic text (1996) -
In 1481, the rate was established at two Flemish deniers (or one stiver) per foot for the first two years, and four deniers (two stivers) per foot beginning with the third year and for the next thirty-one years of the rental contract.
Academic text (1990) -
The antique shop had a collection of foreign coins, including a rare stiver from the Netherlands.
Synonyms
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A small amount of money, usually coins, kept for minor expenses
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A British coin from the past worth a quarter of a penny, also meaning a very small amount
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An old British coin worth two pennies or a very small amount of money
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An old French coin or a very small amount of money
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A former British coin worth half of a penny, used until 1984
A small Dutch coin worth five cents before the euro
A very small coin from long ago in Scotland and the Netherlands
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word stiver comes from the Dutch small coin stuiver, which was used in the Netherlands and its colonies and was worth only a 'tiny amount'. That's why stiver now means a very small or insignificant amount of money.