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Billiton (sh) and stent(1) (iou)


Billiton (sh)




or Belitung

Island west-central, Indonesia.

Lying on the Karimata Strait (which separates it from Borneo to the northeast), it is situated between the South China Sea (north) and Java Sea (south). It is 55 mi (88 km) long and 43 mi (69 km) wide, with an area of 1,866 sq mi (4,833 sq km). The main town and port is Tanjungpandan. Billiton was ceded to the British in 1812 by the sultan of Palembang, Sumatra, but Britain recognized the Dutch claim in 1824. The island became part of Indonesia after World War II. It is important for its tin mines, discovered in 1851.


stent(1) (iou)



stent noun1. Chiefly Scot. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
[Old French estente rel. to Anglo-Norman extente EXTENT noun.]
An assessment of property made for purposes of taxation; the amount or value assessed, a tax.
Comb.: stentmaster an official appointed to fix the amount of tax payable by the inhabitants of a town or parish; stent-roll an assessment roll.