[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.461 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.461 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.461 - **Language:** English ### [c10.461](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.461) 1727.—“He then began to form Projects how to clear Accounts with his Master’s Creditors, without putting anything in their Pockets. The first was on 500 chests of Japon Copper . . . and they were brought into Account of Profit and Loss, for so much eaten up by the White Ants.”—\*A. Hamilton\*, ii. 169. - [Previous: c10.460](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.460) - [Next: c10.462](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.462) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.461](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.461) · Pramāṇa