…a yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used in jewellery and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies…
…a yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used in jewellery and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies…
…a charge card or credit card issued to people with a high credit rating and giving benefits not available with the standard card…
…a framed golden disc awarded to a recording artist or group for sales of a recording exceeding a specified high figure…
…gold that has been beaten into a very thin sheet, used in gilding…
…a rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield. The first major gold rush, to California in 1848, was followed by others in the US, Australia (1851-3), South Africa (1884), and Canada (Klondike, 1897-8)…
…a relatively inexpensive metal with a layer of gold applied over it…
…a brassy yellow mineral that can be mistaken for gold, especially pyrites…
…a woman who forms relationships with men purely to obtain money or gifts from them…
…(especially of jewelry) consisting of a base metal covered in a thin layer of gold…
…a medal made of or coloured gold, customarily awarded for first place in a race or competition…
…a thin layer of gold, electroplated or otherwise applied as a coating to another metal…
…(in the UK) a ceremonial officer in the Sovereign’s household, entitled to carry a gilt rod on state occasions…
…a plant of the buttercup family, which yields a yellow dye and is used in herbal medicine as a treatment for mouth ulcers. It grows in North America and NE Asia…
…gold in the form of a thin coating applied to a baser metal by rolling…
…discover gold during the course of drilling or mining…
…a silver-coloured alloy of gold with nickel, platinum, or another metal…
…(in the context of online gaming) the practice of playing a game intensively so as to amass stocks of the game’s virtual currency or other valuable items used in the game, which can then be sold to other players for real money…
…a quantity of gold held by a central bank to support the issue of currency…
…the system, abandoned in the Depression of the 1930s, by which the value of a currency was defined in terms of gold, for which the currency could be exchanged…
…a cultivated evergreen alyssum, with gray-green leaves and numerous small yellow flowers…
…a membrane used to separate leaves of gold during beating…
…a yellow-flowered Mediterranean plant of the cabbage family, which yields fibre, oilseed, and seed for cage birds…
…the scene of a meeting between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France near Calais in 1520, for which both monarchs erected elaborate temporary palaces, including a sumptuous display of golden cloth. Little of importance was achieved, although the meeting symbolized Henry’s determination to play a full part in European dynastic politics…
…cover (a piece of ground) with flat stones or bricks; lay paving over…
…the attractive external appearance of something is not a reliable indication of its true nature…
…used to suggest that it is easy to become rich and successful in a particular place…
