The denary (about fifteen cents) was a third more than the daily pay of a Roman soldier. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.] Reference
Each one was worth a denary, which was a coin worth about a shilling, or a quarter of a dollar. From Wordnik.com. [Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks] Reference
There is a little shop about b7 metres down the road from me (or 150 metres, if you want it in denary). From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
To reverse the operation, and convert 2,341 from the denary to the septenary scale, we divide it by 7, and get 334 and remainder 3; divide. From Wordnik.com. [Amusements in Mathematics] Reference
It is unnecessary for us ordinarily to state that we are using the denary scale, because this is always understood in the common affairs of life. From Wordnik.com. [Amusements in Mathematics] Reference
But if a man said that he had 6,553 dollars in the septenary (or seven) scale of notation, you will find that this is precisely the same amount as 2,341 in our ordinary denary scale. From Wordnik.com. [Amusements in Mathematics] Reference
It is working in the denary (or ten) scale of notation, a system undoubtedly derived from the fact that our forefathers who devised it had ten fingers upon which they were accustomed to count, like our children of to-day. From Wordnik.com. [Amusements in Mathematics] Reference
A chump of the evums, upshoot of picnic or stupor out of sopor, Cave of Kids or Hyma-nian Glattstoneburg, denary, danery, donnery. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
The denary notation was unknown. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5] Reference
Didst thou not agree with me for a denary?. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.] Reference
(9) And they of the eleventh hour came, and received every man a denary. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.] Reference
(10) But when the first came, they supposed that they should receive more; and they also received each one a denary. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.] Reference
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