cost mark

noun

Any of a series of usually arbitrary codes used by jewelers to communicate prices secretly.

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Meanings

nouncost mark (plural cost marks)

plural cost marks

  1. Any of a series of usually arbitrary codes used by jewelers to communicate prices secretly.

    82 assorted finger rings with various cost marks some of which are as follows: […]

    1922, The Jewelers' Circular, volume 85, number 1, page 89
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    The first was found to contain $10,000 of diamond mounted goods, each piece still being tagged with Shoop's private cost marks. The second package contained nine papers of loose diamonds, valued at $6,000, […]

    1913, Credit & Financial Management, volume 13, page 789
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