| 词源 |
short bit. In the old West, the short bit was a dime, being 2½ cents short of a bit (12½ cents). According to A Dictionary of Americanisms, “In the West, when small coins, except the dime and the quarter (2 bits), were scarce, a dime was accepted in payment for anything priced at one bit. A long bit was the equivalent of 15 cents, being the price paid when a dime was returned as change from a quarter tendered for a purchase priced at one bit.” |