zuz


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zuz

 (zo͞oz)
n.
An ancient Hebrew silver coin.

[Mishnaic Hebrew zûz, from Aramaic, from Akkadian zūzu, half, division, unit of weight, from zâzu, to divide; see ḏwḏ in Semitic roots.]
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zuz

(zuːz)
n
1. (Historical Terms) an ancient Hebrew silver coin
2. (Currencies) an ancient Hebrew silver coin
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Indeed, in the second row of Table 1, Wives A and B are awarded jointly the total of [E.sub.12] = 125 zuz. Wife A demands [d.sub.1] = 100 zuz and Wife B demands [d.sub.2] = 200 zuz.
Different Rabbis debate the translation rates of these sums (zuz - an ancient Hebrew silver coin) to current money which measures the ketubah's value for today (Kelmar, 1990; Ben-Nun, 2001).
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suspects), TAT.EQE (= TAT.EKE, a Cowichan tribe on Valdes island--Hodge), USU.RER, VIV.AHA (nz), WYW.ERE (old form of 'viver', a fishpond), XEX.ANA (Guatemala), YAY.ICI (Azerbaijan), ZUZ.ARA (nz)
It appears that Shmuel's explanation for the allocation in the second ruling of the mishnah (when the estate value is 200 zuz) is, first and foremost, a coalition tactic between the major creditors for negotiation with the minor creditor, in order to break a "stalemate" situation between the three claimants.
00 1 intellectualizer / intellectualizes n Maximum Example of separation maximum found separation 2 33.94 ay / ya 3 40.14 aba / zuz 4 43.30 abba / zizz 5 50.63 buzzy / yacca 6 50.84 cabala / syzygy 7 60.28 cabbagy / zyzzyva 8 58.39 abdicate / zyzzyvas 9 51.71 czaritzas / zamindari 10 51.18 ablatively / zygodactyl 11 50.00 axiomatizes / sabbatizing 12 50.44 analyzations / zooxanthella 13 53.56 analyzability / zooxanthellae 14 55.00 arabicizations / westernization 15 51.22 acclimatization / volatilizations 16 53.39 acclimatizations / universalization