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Definition of Thirteenths
1. thirteenth [n] - See also: thirteenth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirteenths
Literary usage of Thirteenths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... of Laos is directed by a French administrator in the name of the king;
six-thirteenths of the cost of administration is borne by Cochin China, ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"The said decree of May 6, 1902, recited the fact that the said Mill Creek Coal &
Lumber Company had shown itself entitled to eleven undivided thirteenths, ..."
3. Travels Through the United States of North America: The Country of the by Henry Neuman (1800)
"... was fix dollars twelve-thirteenths; in l/gi, five dollars ... in 1794, fix
dollars ten thirteenths; in 1795, twelve dollars ; and in 1796, ten dollars. ..."
4. Talks on Civics by Henry Holt (1901)
"T. But do you mean me to understand that if the enterpriser gets six-thirteenths
of what is produced— that if every day he were paying seven hundred men ..."
5. An Advanced Arithmetic for High Schools, Normal Schools, and Academies by George Albert Wentworth (1898)
"... for each unit contains 13 thirteenths; therefore 5 units contain 5 X 13 ...
make 72 thirteenths. Hence, 235. To Reduce a Mixed Number to a Fraction, ..."
6. An Advanced Arithmetic for High Schools, Normal Schools, and Academies by George Albert Wentworth (1898)
"A mixed number represents a quantity that can also be represented by an improper
fraction. Thus, 5/j = |f ; for each unit contains 13 thirteenths; ..."
7. Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada by Nevada Supreme Court (1877)
"This penalty of twenty-five per centum is assessed upon the aggregate amount of
taxes due to the state and county, of which five-thirteenths were due to the ..."
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