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sol
[< F; cf. Mod.F sou]
Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a French unit of currency formerly in circulation in Quebec.
See: sol marqué
Quotations
1777
It is this day ordered by the said Court, that the assize and price of Bread be as follows, viz. The white Loaf weighing 4 lbs. at eighteen sols or 9d. The brown Loaf weighing 6 lb. at eighteen sols or 9d.
1930
His debt of six hundred and twenty-two livres, twenty sols, may have been a factor in determining the unusual length of the agreement.
1964
In Canada, the sol had a value of about one penny, 20 sols making one livre, the 12 denier piece being equivalent to one sol.