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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
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Gold or silver considered as so much metal
bullion
1 a : gold or silver considered as http://www.thefreedictionary.com/so+much metal; specifically : uncoined gold or silver in bars or ingots
[M-W's Col. Dic.]
I don't understand the bold part. Please help me.
1 a : gold or silver considered as http://www.thefreedictionary.com/so+much metal; specifically : uncoined gold or silver in bars or ingots
[M-W's Col. Dic.]
I don't understand the bold part. Please help me.
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considered as so much metal ~ thought of simply from the viewpoint of an amount of metal (not in the form of coins or jewelry -- just melted down into bars of uniform size, usually for storage) CJ
- considered as so much metal ~ thought of simply from the viewpoint of an amount of metal (not in the form of coins or jewelry -- just melted down into bars of uniform size, usually for storage) CJ
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considered as so much metal
~
thought of simply from the viewpoint of an amount of metal (not in the form of coins or jewelry -- just melted down into bars of uniform size, usually for storage)
CJ
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thought of simply from the viewpoint of an amount of metal (not in the form of coins or jewelry -- just melted down into bars of uniform size, usually for storage)
CJ
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Thanks, Jim.
What was the purpose of using that tilde
above? Please let me know.
so much (****.)
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What was the purpose of using that tilde
above? Please let me know.so much (****.)
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