It was used for an oil well or gold mine that had almost no oil or gold in it.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

They would store gold and they would have a safe or some sort of safekeeping.

他们用保险箱,或其他安全的方式储存金子

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Now Mr. Milton took some risks when he separated himself from his cash and lent money to his clients, or lent more money to his clients than the collateral, the gold, was actually worth. And the motive for that risk, of course, the motive for that investment, was the expectation of a profit.

但是弥尔顿先生却冒着把自己和他的现金,也丢了的风险，或者借出去的钱比担保财产还要多，他这么投资的动机是，希望获得收益。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The Treasury Department would buy the silver with new paper money that could be exchanged for silver or gold.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Now there was inflation with regard to a basket of the Consumer Price Index is not just the price of gold; it's the price of many things but the there would be inflation or deflation as the relative price of gold changed.

现在，就一组物品来说，是存在通货膨胀的,消费者价格指数并不仅仅是金子的价格；,它是很多东西的价格，但是,当金子的相对价格变化时,通货膨胀或通货紧缩就会发生。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The government would pay for the silver with paper money -- treasury notes -- which could be exchanged for gold or silver money.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Many of those who went west to search for gold stayed to become farmers or storekeepers.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

It refused to accept the notes, or paper money, of these banks, unless the state banks were ready to exchange the paper for gold or silver money.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

That it was necessary to stop - for a while - all payments in gold or silver.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

A gold digger is someone who seeks to marry a rich person because he or she is only interested in that person's money.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Land was almost free. Some people wanted to find gold or silver and become rich.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

Should the United States support its currency with gold or with gold and silver?

VOA: special.2010.07.01

To stop this, President Jackson ordered gold or silver payments only for government land.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Others moved farther west to find gold in Nevada or California.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

And they had to pay for them in gold or silver.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Chrysanthemum blooms can be white, yellow,gold,red or other colors.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

The economic recession is also affecting Diwali buying, jewelers say in general the pieces are smaller, whether gold, platinum or diamonds.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

(SAYING) Simbo says if he works hard, he can get two or three carats of gold every day.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

Store manager Vikram Santilal says buying gold bars or coins is traditional at this time of year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Warawoot Benjjaputtarog, the deputy managing director at GT Wealth Management, an investment firm that runs such seminars, says education is important for those who are shifting from gold bullion or jewelry to sophisticated futures contracts.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Coupled with snowboarder Jasey Jay Anderson's win in the parallel giant slalom and Canada's win in men's curling, the Canadians now lead the gold medal count with 13, the most the host nation has ever earned at an Olympics - winter or summer.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28