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Piastre

noun
1.
A fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria.  Synonym: piaster.
2.
100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey.  Synonyms: kurus, piaster.





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"Piastre" Quotes from Famous Books



... at Cairo, the piastre is of two kinds, metallic (debased silver) and non-metallic. Government pays in the former, which is called Sgh ("coin"); and the same is the term throughout Egypt. The value fluctuates, but 97-1/2 may be ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton
... bodies of troops, exercising in the desert, halted for rest, some half-dozen of these people—not previously in view—would suddenly appear, and, dragging their wares from somewhere between their not over clean garments and less clean skin, would offer them to the soldiers at "two fer a arf" (piastre). ...
— The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I • Herbert Brayley Collett


Words linked to "Piastre" :   Sudanese pound, fractional monetary unit, lira, Egyptian pound, Turkish lira, subunit, pound, piaster, Turkish monetary unit, asper, Syrian pound, Lebanese pound


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