Not that he had many, personally, the rate of interest was too wretched; but he should advise his companies-Consols would assuredly go down. 这并不是说他私人的公债很多,利钱太低了;可是他应当忠告他的那些公司——公债肯定要跌。
Consols \Con"sols\ (? or ?; 277), n. pl. [A contraction of consolidated (annuities).] The leading British funded government security.
Note: A considerable part of the public debt of Great Britian, which had been contracted in the form of annuities yielding various rates of interest, was, in 1757, consolidated into one fund at 3 per cent interest, the account of which is kept at the Bank of England. This debt has been diminished and increased at different times, and now constitutes somewhat more than half of the entire national debt. The stocks are transferable, and their value in the market constantly fluctuates; the price at any time being regarded as a gauge of the national prosperity and public confidence. ※ ||