seven-thirties

English

Noun

seven-thirties pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and above, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) percent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for seven-thirties in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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