He had caused a ducat to be given for a partridge, and was taken to task for doing so by a friend, to whom Castruccio had said: "You would not have given more than a penny.
The salary of the librarian was at the rate of ten ducats a month, and that of each of his subordinates at the rate of one ducat for the same period.
I have another subject for the same establishment, in a youth of family, who no sooner has a ducat than he spends it; and who, as he cannot do without the ready, is capable of anything to obtain it.
Michael is quits; he lost a ducatand gained a rabbit.
I had as soon spend a ducat a day here as in a worse house.
Ortensia should profit by the opportunity, even if Stradella asked a silver ducat for each lesson.
Well," said one of them, "I'll give you one golden ducat for it.
I'll wager you a golden ducat that Evil is stronger than Good and we'll let the first man we meet on this road decide which of us is right.
He was a shrewd buyer and the others hearing his bid of one golden ducat decided that he must know that the hair was of much greater value.
With the Devil's help the older brother won the third golden ducat which was all the money the younger one had.
They gave half a ducateach day to the crossbowmen, and a ducat to the soldiers.
Tirant quickly picked up the slices of bread; then he reached into his pocket, took out twelve gold ducats and put one ducat on each slice, and he had them given to the poor.
Godso, I would not for a ducat she had kicked up her heels, for I ha' spent an abomination this voyage, marry, I did it amongst sailors and gentlemen.
Ducat paused at the break of the poop and stood there, speaking to McHenry.
Whatever Ducat had said, it was something that hushed McHenry forever.
Ducat spoke, "McHenry, come out of this cabin with me.
Then Ducatturned on his heel, and McHenry was left alone.
The ducat was a gold piece as large as one of our old louis d'or, but only half as thick.
Thus a hundred thousand ducats in those days represented, in consequence of the high value of gold, six millions of francs at the present time, the ducat being worth about twelve francs.
The second ducat I shall change into small coin and distribute among the house servants; and with the other two ducats I shall give a little banquet next Sunday.
If every ducat in six thousand ducats Were in six parts, and every part a ducat, I would not draw them; I would have my bond.
A dollar to a ducat he knows the whole thing, and Tweed Coat's with him.
And a dollar to a ducat that she was not at fault.
A dollar to a ducat but there's more in that than meets the eye," he said, with a lift of the shoulders and a twitch of the lip.
Here, take this ducat and keep a quiet tongue in your head.
German blue, at one ducat the pound lire 80 S d 60 pounds of white, S.
Any one who spends one ducat may take the instrument; and he will not pay more than half a ducat as a premium to the inventor of the instrument and one grosso to the workman every year.
When I have served a year as jurat, and have paid a ducatfor my diploma.
I know that a Hungarian gentleman will not accept a gift without making some return; I ask you, therefore, to give me for this ducat some information.
But I'm going down, to find out where this thing leads to, and a dollar to a ducat it'll lead to a good deal that means the unravelling of a riddle.
The two things seem to hang together in my mind, and a dollar to a ducat that in the long run they identify themselves thus.
You will have to wait there for an hour or two, but I will give you half a ducat for your night's work.
I will give a ducat to your son if he will run on with me at once.
Of course, I was cautious not to let drop a word on the subject, and only said we had managed to get through the enemy's cordon to learn the latest news, and I expected to earn a ducat or two by my night's work.
The row was certainly a long one, but the night was delightful, and the half ducat was a prize for Giuseppi; but what influenced Francis principally in accepting was curiosity.
Here is a ducat for you--buy what you want with it.
Only with considerable difficulty was the ducat found again, and a member of the Village Council, who was present, took charge of it in order to deliver it over to the child's guardian.
He lifted the Swedish ducat that hung from her necklace, and said: "This ducat is in a good place.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ducat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
