▪ I. consol
(kənˈsɒl)
Pl. consols.
In pl. An abbreviation of Consolidated Annuities, i.e. the government securities of Great Britain: see consolidated ppl. a. 1 b. (The singular is used only attributively and in combination.)
| 1770 Placid Man I. 115 Her head was as full with wealth, scrip, omnium, consols, and lord-mayors shews. 1770 Gentl. Mag. XL. 592 Prices of Stocks Dec. 3..3 per Cent Consol. 78, 4 per Cent Consol. 863/4. 1783 Ibid. LIII. i. 544 In the 3 per Cent. Consols. 1794 Mathias Purs. Lit. (ed. 7) 340 Till with a pun old Caleb crown'd the whole, ‘Consols, and not philosophy, console’. 1826 Disraeli Viv. Grey iv. i. 140 There is nothing like a fall in Consols to bring the blood of our good people of England into cool order. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 38 The inscription of one's name for Consols in the books of the Bank of England. 1871 Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (1880) §371. |
attrib. and Comb., as consol-holder, consol market.
| 1885 Pall Mall G. 18 Feb. 5/1 An idea in the Consol market. 1888 Spectator 1 Dec. 1672 The Consol-holder is not a criminal, but only the owner of land. |
▪ II. consol
(in Organ-building): see console n.