(v. t.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7.
(v. t.) Money; riches; wealth.
(v. t.) A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold.
(v. t.) Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold.
Example Sentences:
(1) To investigate the relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) intolerance and the effect of gold use on the seroprevalence of H. pylori.
(2) This activity scheme uses as its base, dose potency measured as TD50, the chronic dose rate that actuarially halves the adjusted percentage of tumor-free animals at the end of the study (Gold et al., Environ.
(3) Coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo on Friday pleaded for foreign help to preserve the territorial integrity of the former French colony, a major gold and cotton producer.
(4) A combined plot of all results from the four separate papers, which is ordered alphabetically by chemical, is available from L. S. Gold, in printed form or on computer tape or diskette.
(5) To determine the nature of the electrochemical treatment on the gold substrate, cyclic voltammetry was performed with various chemical solutions.
(6) As Russian companies Polymetal, Polyus Gold and Evraz race to join Eurasian Natural Resources as FTSE100 companies, despite their murky practices, because of London's incredibly lax listing requirements, one future scenario is becoming clearer.
(7) Injection of albumin-colloidal gold conjugates resulted in an insignificant uptake.
(8) IgG-gold also adhered to M cells and excess unlabeled IgG inhibited IgA-gold binding; thus binding was not isotype-specific.
(9) Colloidal gold immuno-electron microscopy is a powerful tool for defining antigenicity at the subcellular level.
(10) The effects of gold thioglucose loading on Se distribution, and on Se-dependent GSH peroxidase and GSH S-transferase, were examined in rats fed three dietary levels of Se (0, 0.2, and 2.0 ppm), and with or without adjuvant-induced inflammation.
(11) The night's special award went to armed forces broadcaster, BFBS Radio, while long-standing BBC radio DJ Trevor Nelson received the top prize of the night, the gold award.
(12) The sectioned worm tissues from each developmental stage were embedded in Lowicryl HM 20 medium, stained with infected serum IgG and protein A gold complex (particle size: 12 nm) and observed by electron microscopy.
(13) We concluded that gold labeling with polymyxin B is useful in localizing the binding sites of polymyxin.
(14) Heads you 'own it' Ian Read, the Scottish-born accountant who runs the biggest drug firm in the US carries in his pocket a special gold coin, about the size and weight of a £2 piece.
(15) Evidence for Golgi apparatus-associated processing of oligosaccharides in the ER was obtained by lectin-gold cytochemistry revealing the presence of the galactose (beta 1----4)N-acetylglucosamine sequence and sialic acid residues.
(16) One of them got a gold medal in medicine, for being top of the year, but they dropped out for exactly these reasons.” These are not alarmist stories being spread by campaigners.
(17) Different techniques for attaching the gold cylinders to the frameworks were used.
(18) A post-embedding cytochemical technique using WGA-gold complexes was used and the quantitative intensity of WGA-labeling on the surface membrane of platelets after convulxin stimulation was determined.
(19) Only 75% of the granules stained for PRL by the protein-A gold technique; the other 25% stained for neither PRL nor GH.
(20) Smoking behaviour, self-reported mood and cardiac activity were examined in 12 "sedative" and 12 "stimulant" smokers, defined using Mangan and Golding's questionnaire.
Rial
Definition:
(n.) A Spanish coin. See Real.
(a.) Royal.
(n.) A gold coin formerly current in England, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of Elizabeth.
Example Sentences:
(1) He earns about 2m rials (£100) a month, which used to be enough to support a modest life with his wife.
(2) Even if they have money in their pockets, they want to wait and see, but we are hopeful that the lifting of sanctions will bring back confidence to customers.” A sales assistant at a men’s beauty shop says a pack of Gillette razors that sold for 170,000 rials (about £3) before the rial nosedived now cost more than 480,000 rials (over £8).
(3) On Friday, Iranian customers will be able to get a 14% discount on the latest iPhone, priced locally at 24.9m rials (£625).
(4) The recent hardship is believed to be the country's worst financial crisis since the Iran-Iraq war as the Iranian currency, the rial, was sent into a tailspin last year and prices of staple goods soared rapidly.
(5) The government of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has struggled to control the depreciation of rial by issuing an order for an imposed exchange rate to be used both in banks and open market.
(6) They have brought inflation and a collapse in the currency, the rial.
(7) As a result, the value of Iran's rial against the dollar has fallen to a record low, even experiencing devaluation of more than 50%.
(8) A 4K LG television is on offer with a 24% discount at around 17.9m rials (£450).
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An Iranian woman pays a 20000 rial banknote bearing a portrait of Iran’s late founder of islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
(10) And the value of the Iranian currency, the rial, has dropped sharply against the dollar, placing imported goods beyond the reach of many consumers.
(11) The money I am earning here could have earned in Nepal.” Reached by phone, the Ibex manager, Srikanth, explains: “My problem here is I signed a contract for 15m [rial, £2.4m] and I was supposed to receive my advances during March but it was delayed.
(12) The dollar is now worth three times the rial compared with early last year.
(13) It’s nothing to do with me, it’s the [North Korean recruitment] company’s business.” A project manager of the lavish development said the workers “don’t have a single rial themselves” and “borrow money from us if they need small things like cigarettes”.
(14) As part of its labour reforms, the authorities increased the fine for companies that confiscate passports to 25,000 rials a passport, but the practice remains widespread.
(15) I calculate that on my current salary, saving every penny I can, it would still be decades before I could come up with this property's asking price of 110bn rials (£5.5m at the official rate of exchange).
(16) Real Madrid attempted to entice Mitten, Di Stefano and Rial to the Bernabéu in 1951, but Mitten's wife was homesick, so they headed home.
(17) The plan best served Iran's rural regions, where large family sizes meant more payouts per household, but those in urban areas, where families are smaller and energy usage much higher, have been hit hard, especially as the rial's foreign exchange value plummeted, aggravating already intense inflationary pressures.
(18) We have been through every company on the stock exchange and shortlisted close to 50 where we know they are fully private.” He added: “We can’t make direct bank transfers [because of banking restrictions still in place] and so will be using exchange houses and multination corporates who have large rial reserves to transfer money.
(19) "I could have had European Cup medals as well, because they went on to win it five times with Di Stefano and Rial as players."
(20) Iran's currency market reacted positively to news of the nuclear accord, with the Iranian rial steadily recovering its value against the US dollar.