Commentary for Bava Metzia 208:11

ההוא גברא דקביל ארעא לשומשמי זרעה חיטי עבדא חיטי כשומשמי סבר רב כהנא למימר מנכי ליה כחשא דארעא

R. Ashi replied: We see: if he said, 'Give her four hundred <i>zuz</i>,' eight hundred [are to be recorded]; but if he said, 'Write her four hundred zuz', he meant two hundred actual. Others state: R. Ashi replied, We see: if he said, 'For her <i>kethubah</i>,' it is four hundred actual, and eight hundred [written]; if he said, 'In her <i>kethubah</i>,' it means four hundred [written], which is two hundred actual. Yet that is incorrect: whether he said, 'For her <i>kethubah</i>,' or, 'In her <i>kethubah</i>,' it means four hundred [written], which is two hundred [actual]. Unless he says, 'Give her', without further qualifications.

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