knife money
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[
edit
]
English
Wikipedia
has an article on:
knife money
Wikipedia
Etymology
[
edit
]
From
knife
+
money
, from its knifelike shape.
Noun
[
edit
]
knife
money
(
uncountable
)
(
historical
,
banking
)
Large
knife
-shaped
money
made from
cast
bronze
, used in
China
between 600 and 200 B.C. during the Zhou dynasty.
Categories
:
English compound terms
English lemmas
English nouns
English uncountable nouns
English multiword terms
English terms with historical senses
en:Banking
en:Coins
en:Historical currencies
en:History of China
Hidden category:
Pages with 1 entry
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Entry
Discussion
English
Views
Read
Edit
History
More
Search
Navigation
Main Page
Community portal
Requested entries
Recent changes
Random entry
Help
Glossary
Donations
Contact us
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version
In other projects
In other languages