ˈdəkə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English ducat, doket, from Middle French ducat, from Old Italian ducato coin with a portrait of the doge on it, from duca doge, guide, from Middle Greek douk-, doux leader, from Late Greek, from Latin duc-, dux — more at duke
1. : any one of a number of gold coins of European countries copied from a coin issued by Roger II of Sicily about 1150, 20th century issues of which include a coin of Austria issued 1901-15 and one of Czechoslovakia issued 1923-38
2. : a unit of value equivalent to the value of one gold ducat
many fractional and multiple ducat pieces have been coined
3. also duck·et “ slang : ticket