ducat
IPA: dʌkæt
noun
- (historical) A gold coin minted by various European nations.
- (informal) A coin of the major denomination (dollar, euro, etc.); money in general.
- (US, theater, transport, slang) A ticket.
- A surname.
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Examples of "ducat" in Sentences
- Each crystal was worth a gold ducat.
- Ducat also had a successful football career.
- The silver ducat is of about half this value.
- Its counterpart in gold was the Venetian ducat.
- Castruccio offers a 100 ducat wager that his scheme will work.
- The annual income from them alone was estimated to 50,000 ducats.
- Count Friedrich insisted on the payment of the 6,000 ducat surety.
- This altogether gave him an annual income of 31,000 ducats in gold.
- No Member can appear in public without it, except by fine of one ducat.
- After 1748, minting of the the Javan ducat ended, due to counterfeiting.