Recent Examples on the WebSingle-day tickets start at $51.50 and two-day ducats start at $91 (both subject to change), ticketmaster.com.—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024 These presale ducats go on sale at 10 a.m. April 3, www.sfoutsidelands.com.—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024 Golden ducats, which first came into circulation in Venice, were important in international trade during the early modern era, according to the Royal Dutch Mint.—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024 Measuring less than an inch wide, the newfound ducat features a knight standing with a sword and bundle of arrows, photos show.—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024 The winning ducat was purchased at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park, Calif., some 75 miles north of Los Angeles, Powerball officials reported.—Brian Dakss, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023 The $46 standing room only ducat will fit your needs.—Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2022 Ticket Manager Marsh Ryman reports that the football ducat sale is the highest since the start of the war.—Star Tribune, 24 Oct. 2020 From friends, or from their company, or maybe the sweet ducats just floated down from the sky.—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 24 Oct. 2019
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French, from Old Italian ducato coin with the doge's portrait on it, from duca doge, from Late Greek douk-, doux leader, from Latin duc-, dux
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