livre

Borrowed from French livre. Doublet of libra and lira.

They like to see them awarded comfortable pensions. Is it 700,000 livres a year to the Polignac family?

1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 115:

He never, it should be noted, totally renounced his inheritance: a critic of the court round, he benefited to the tune of a cool two million livres a year from royal largesse […].

2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 30:

(historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.


centavo

Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.


peso

(historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.

The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines.


euro

The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosporus. According to the official story, the term was coined by Belgian teacher and esperantist Germain Pirlot in 1995, who suggested it in a letter to Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission.

coin

(numismatics) The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €


pound

en-noun

pound (plural pounds or (UK colloquial) pound)

pounds (plural)
pound (UK colloquial plural)

From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”).
Cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Danish pund and Swedish pund. Doublet of pood and punt.

der

an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure

an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves

A unit of currency in various currency systems

"Only a hundred and ninety-three pound," said Mr. Tulliver. "You've brought less o' late; but young fellows like to have their own way with their money. Though I didn't do as I liked before I was of age." He spoke with rather timid discontent.

1860, George Eliot, chapter 6, in The Mill on the Floss, book 5:

For students in developing countries who can't get it any other way, or for students in the first world, who can but may choose not to. Pay thousands of pounds a year for your education? Or get it free online?

2012 November 11, Carole Cadwalladr, “Do online courses spell the end for the traditional university?”, in Observer:

The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.

He glanced back through what he had read and, while feeling his water flow quietly, he envied kindly Mr Beaufoy who had written it and received payment of three pounds, thirteen and six.

1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 4]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Israel and South Africa.

the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound

He knocked out cans of warm cola at two pound fifty a time.

2010, Steven Field, Dusty's Fort, →ISBN, page 33:

Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.


pie

From Hindi पाई (pāī, “quarter”), from Sanskrit पादिका (pādikā).

I gave him all the money in my possession, Rs.9.8.5. – nine rupees, eight annas, and five pie – for I always keep small change as bakshish when I am in camp.

1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes”, in The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales, Folio Society, published 2005, page 117:

(historical) The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to ¹⁄₁₉₂ of a rupee or ¹⁄₁₂ of an anna.


penny

en-noun

penny (plural pennies or pence or (obsolete) pens)

pennies (plural)
pence (plural)
pens (obsolete plural)

→ Bulgarian: пени (peni)

→ Czech: penny

→ Dutch: penny

→ Finnish: penny

→ French: penny

→ German: Penny

→ Hebrew: פֶּנִי (péni)

→ Hindi: पेनी (penī)

→ Hungarian: penny

→ Japanese: ペニー (penī)

→ Korean: 페니 (peni)

→ Macedonian: пе́ни (péni)

→ Malay: peni

→ Maori: pene

→ Marathi: पेनी (penī)

→ Norman: pénîn

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: penny

Norwegian Nynorsk: penny

→ Portuguese: pêni (Brazil), péni (Portugal)

→ Russian: пе́нни (pénni)

→ Swahili: peni

→ Swedish: penny

→ Thai: เพนนี (peen-nii)

→ Turkish: peni

→ Uyghur: پەنى (peni)

→ Volapük: pänid

From Middle English penny, peny, from Old English peniġ, penniġ, penning (“penny”), from Proto-West Germanic *panning, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz, of uncertain origin (see that page for theories). Doublet of pfennig and fening.

Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.

1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0056:

We had not proceeded very far across the south cantilever when we saw a penny lying beside the track, and another a short distance further on. We were to find several more pennies, and some half-pennies, before we reached the north shore. Inspector Bell explained that many passengers try to throw a coin into the Forth, for "good luck," while trains are crossing the bridge.

1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:

(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.

пени

1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound

In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.

بِنْس

1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound

Holy shit! A hundred and eleven pennies! At that point, that dog had more Lincoln in him than Mary Todd.

2015 November 22, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:

In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.


dollar

→ Burmese: ဒေါ်လာ (daula)

→ Catalan: dòlar

→ Chinese: 刀 (dāo) (colloquial)

→ Czech: dolar

→ Danish: dollar

desctree

→ Dutch: dollar
→ Indonesian: dolar
→ Japanese: ドル (doru)

→ Faroese: dollari

→ French: dollar
→ Romanian: dolar (along with English dollar)

→ German: Dollar

→ Greek: δολάριο (dolário)

→ Hausa: dala

→ Hawaiian: kālā

→ Hebrew: דולר (dolar)

→ Irish: dollar

→ Italian: dollaro

→ Khmer: ដុល្លារ (dŏlléar)

→ Korean: 달러 (dalleo)

→ Latvian: dolārs

→ Lithuanian: doleris

→ Macedonian: долар (dolar)

→ Maori: tāra

→ Nepali: डलर (ḍalar)

→ Norwegian: dollar

→ Papiamentu: dòlò

→ Persian: دلار (dolâr)

→ Polish: dolar
→ Kashubian: dolar

→ Portuguese: dólar

→ Romanian: dolar (along with French dollar)

→ Russian: доллар (dollar)

→ Samoan: tālā
→ English: tala

→ Spanish: dólar

→ Sranan Tongo: dala

→ Swahili: dola

→ Swedish: dollar

→ Thai: ดอลลาร์ (dɔn-lâa)

→ Tokelauan: tālā

→ Ukrainian: долар (dolar)

→ Yiddish: דאָלאַר (dolar)

→ Yoruba: dọ́là

Attested since the mid-16th century, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), from Sankt Joachimsthaler, literally “of Joachimstal”, the name for coins minted in German Sankt Joachimsthal (“St. Joachim's Valley”) (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic). Ultimately from Joachim + Tal (“valley”). Possibly reinforced by the Dutch leeuwendaalder, which was also used in the American colonies. Cognate to Danish daler. Doublet of taler.

cog

that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee

Yeah, but why? Lincoln doesn’t need the penny for notoriety. He’s everywhere. We put him on novelty bandages, cup-and-ball games, and creepy Chia Pets. And you know where else we put him? The five-dollar bill! You know, the thing that’s worth 500 times more than the penny!

(numismatics) Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.


sol

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-sol.wav

PIE word
 *sóh₂wl̥
From Spanish sol (“sun”), from Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Doublet of Sol and sol, directly from the Latin.

In full nuevo sol or new sol: the main currency unit of Peru which replaced the inti in 1991; also, a coin of this value.


talent

From Middle English talent, from Old English talente, borrowed from the plural of Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”). Compare Old High German talenta (“talent”). Later figurative senses are from Old French talent (“talent, will, inclination, desire”), derived from the biblical Parable of the Talents.

der

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew XXV:14-15:

(historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places.


ban

Borrowed from Romanian ban of uncertain origin, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian bân.

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.


pula

From Tswana pula, Northern Sotho pula, and Sotho pula (“rain”), all from Proto-Bantu *mbúdà.

The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe.


sent

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon.


won

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-won (live, Korea).wav

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won), from Sinitic 圓／圆 (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Doublet of yuan and yen.

The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.


t

Abbreviations.
t
# (stenoscript) Abbreviation of at
# (stenoscript) Abbreviation of to and homophone too.

ng

and homophone <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">too</i>.


crown

→ Japanese: クラウン (kuraun)

→ Korean: 크라운 (keuraun)

→ Maori: karauna

From Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. Displaced native Old English corenbēag (“crown”); and Middle English kinehelm, kynehelm, from Old English cynehelm (“crown”).
* (paper size): So called because originally watermarked with a crown.

doublet

Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.


agora

From Hebrew אֲגוֹרָה (agorá), from the root א־ג־ר (ʾ-g-r, “forming words relating to hoarding and storing”).

Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel.


franc

From French franc. Doublet of Frank, frank, and farang.

Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies.


mark

From German Mark, from Middle High German marc, marche, marke, from Old High German marc, from Proto-West Germanic *mark (whence etymology 2 via Old English marc). The identical plural is also from German.

Aus der Geschichte der menschlichen Dummheit. By Dr. Max Kemmerich. Price 3 mark 50 pfennige. Bavaria: Verlag Albert Langen, Munich.

1928 November, “Reviews”, in The Occult Review, volume XLVIII, number 5, London: Rider & Co., page 356:

(historical) A former currency of Germany and West Germany.


rupee

From Hindustani रुपीया / رُوپِییَہ (rūpīya), variant of रुपया / رُوپَیَہ (rūpaya, “rupee”), from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought gold or silver; stamped coin; beautiful, well-shaped; impressed, stamped”).
Coined by the Sultan of the Suri Empire Sher Shah Suri (reigned 1540–1545).

coin

In fact, the visible appearance of the iron is a symbol; it is not what it ultimately is. To take an analogy we are given a ten-rupee note. He knows it truly who at sight recognizes the piece of paper as a symbol of unity that represents ten separate silver coins.

1937, Rabindranath Tagore, “Lecture II: Supreme Man”, in Man: Lectures Delivered at the Andhra University under the Terms of the Sir Alladi Krishnaswamy Endowment (Andhra University Series; no. 16), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh: Kitabistan, published 1946, →OCLC, pages 37–38:

In the fifth and sixth [standard] I obtained scholarships of rupees four and ten respectively, an achievement for which I have to thank good luck more than my merit.

1948, Mohandas K[aramchand] Gandhi, “At the High School”, in Mahadev Desai, transl., Gandhi’s Autobiography, or, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, →OCLC; reprinted as An Autobiography; or The Story of My Experiments with Truth, New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2007, →ISBN, page 12:

There are no precise estimates available about the capital requirements of agricultural and rural development in India. But the amount required is in hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees.

1999, Katar Singh, “Financing Rural Development”, in Rural Development: Principles, Policies and Management, 2nd edition, New Delhi: SAGE Publications, published 2005, →ISBN, page 290:

The Seychelles rupee was allowed to depreciate in 2006 after being overvalued for years and fell by 10% in the first 9 months of 2007. Despite these actions, the Seychelles economy has struggled to maintain its gains and in 2008 suffered from food and oil price shocks, a foreign exchange shortage, high inflation, large financing gaps, and the global recession.

2013, “Strategic and Development Profiles”, in Seychelles Business Law Handbook, volumes 1 (Strategic Information and Basic Laws), Washington, D.C.: International Business Publications, →ISBN, page 15:

The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka, often abbreviated ₨.

The only Evidence that was produced by the [East India] Company, was, a letter from Samuel Annesley, at Surrat, dated the 16th January 1694; wherein he gives this Account: Rupees. 655,000. Sent home as Cargo in the Ships Defence and Resolution.

1695 March 17, “East India Stock and Debts [marginal note]”, in Journals of the House of Commons. From November the 7th 1693, in the Fifth Year of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, to November the 3rd 1697, in the Ninth Year of the Reign of King William the Third, London: Re-printed by Order of the House of Commons, published 1803, →OCLC, page 519, column 2:

The roupie, as the French write it, roupee, or rupee, as it is ſpelt in our authors, is a ſilver coin, ſomething broader than one of our ſhillings, and much thicker; in point of fineneſs, it is better than the Engliſh ſtandard; for its weight is 7 dwt. 11 gr. which, reduced to our ſtandard, would be 7 dwt. 13 mt. ²⁄₂²⁄₆¹⁄₆³⁄₄.

1759, George Sale et al., “Sect. IX. An Historical Account of the French Commerce at Mocha, Bassora, Surat, on the Coast of Malabar and Coromandel; […]”, in The Modern Part of An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Writers, volume XI, London: Printed for S[amuel] Richardson [et al.], →OCLC, footnote H, page 181:

How much do you pay for a wife? Nine rupees and a half. / Why don't you give ten? It is not our custom. / Do you ever pay a smaller sum for a wife than nine rupees and a half? Sometimes, we conclude the bargain for eight rupees.

1841 April 17, John Wilson, “Art. III.—Account of the Wáralís and Kátodís,—Two of the Forest Tribes of the Northern Konkan”, in The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, volume VII, London: John W[illiam] Parker, West Strand, →OCLC, page 19:

(historical) A silver coin circulating in India between the 16th and 20th centuries, weighing one tola (formerly 170–180 troy grains; from 1833, 180 troy grains).

(video games) The primary currency of Hyrule.


tolar

en-noun

tolar (plural tolars or tolarjev or tolarji)

tolars (plural)
tolarjev (plural)
tolarji (plural)

From Slovene tolar, from German Taler (“made in Joachimstal”). Doublet of dollar and thaler.

(historical) A state currency formerly used by the Republic of Slovenia between 1991 and 2006, divided into 100 stotins.


markka

Borrowed from Finnish markka, from a Germanic language, likely German Mark. Doublet of mark.

A (Finnish) mark, the currency used in Finland before the introduction of the euro, consisting of 100 penni. Abbreviation FIM.


afghani

Borrowed from Classical Persian افغانی (afğānī), derivative of افغان (afğān).

bor+

Laila hoped to have a thousand afghanis or more stowed away, half of which would go to the bus fare from Kabul to Peshawar.

2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 241:

The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.


shekel

From Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel, “shekel”), from שָׁקַל (shakál, “to weigh”), from Akkadian 𒂅 (šiqlum).

"Beauty is naught to him, because there are lips more honey-sweet; and wealth is naught, because others can weigh him down with heavier shekels; and fame is naught, because there have been greater men than he."

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.

Her gownlet cost five hundred beans; / Her furs, four figures in a row; / Her hat removed from papa's jeans / A hundred shekels more or so.

[…] after the 1887-9 campaign was the great refuge of the destitute who, as they could not hope to rake in a breast-full of medals and decorations, expected, at any rate, to amass a good few shekels.

1924, James Alban Wilson, Sport and Service in Assam and Elsewhere, page 288:

The mob had filched anything that might earn them a shekel or two.

2018, Gerry Woodhouse, Lord Damnus: Conqueror of the World:

(historical) An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.


drachma

en-noun

drachma (plural drachmas or drachmae or drachmai)

drachmas (plural)
drachmae (plural)
drachmai (plural)

Borrowed from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.

doublet

2008, Philip Matyszak, Ancient Athens on Five Drachmas a Day (title of the book)

The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.


krona

Borrowed from Swedish krona (“crown”). Doublet of corona, crown, korona, koruna, króna, and krone.


escudo

From Portuguese escudo (“shield”). Doublet of scutum, scute, écu, and scudo.

The state currency formerly used in Portugal, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol is $ which is positioned between the escudos & centavos, 2$50.

The currency formerly used in Chile and replaced by the Peso.


US dollar

The official currency of the United States.


Byzantine

en-adj

Byzantine (comparative more Byzantine, superlative most Byzantine)

more Byzantine (comparative)
most Byzantine (superlative)

From Late Latin byzantinus, itself from Byzantium. The metaphorical senses evoke the reputation for palace intrigue of the Byzantium imperial court.

This was the crowning incident of our visit, and I wondered with what Byzantine ritual the Anointed One fresh from the exercise of his priestly functions would be received among his women.

1920 October, Edith Wharton, In Morocco, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 180:

(Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism) Of or relating to the Byzantine Rite or any of the many Eastern Orthodox churches and Greek Catholic churches that use this rite for their liturgical celebrations.


cent

→ Cantonese: 仙 (sin¹)

→ Catalan: cent

→ French: cent

→ Georgian: ცენტი (cenṭi)

→ Hebrew: סנט (sent)

→ Italian: cent

→ Korean: 센트 (senteu)

→ Min Nan: 仙 (sian)

→ Polish: cent

→ Samoan: sene
→ English: sene

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: це̏нт

Latin script: cȅnt

→ Swahili: senti

→ Swedish: cent

Tok Pisin: sen
→ Rotokas: sieri

From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

It's true. 1.7 cents to make 1 cent. That really makes the phrase “you have to spend money to make money” ring painfully true.

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.

(music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.

And broght with hem many stout cent / Of green lordynges.

c. 1450, Octouian Imperator (Octavian), lines 1463-4

The demon makes his full descent / In one abundant shower of cent per cent.

1733, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays, Epistle III to Allen, Lord Bathurst, 372

(obsolete, except in per cent and cent percent) Abbreviation of centum. One hundred.


real

Borrowed from Spanish real (“royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“regal, royal”). Doublet of ariary, regal, riyal, and royal.

doublet

Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.

رِيَال

former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies


real

reis (plural)
réis (plural)
reals (plural)

From Portuguese real (“royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“regal; royal”). Doublet of ariary, regal, riyal, and royal.

(uncountable) A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.


real

Meronym: centavo

Within weeks of this bombshell, an aide to the brother of the chairman of the PT, José Genoino, was arrested boarding a flight with 200,000 reais in a suitcase and $100,000 in his underpants.

2011, Perry Anderson, “Lula's Brazil”, in London Review of Books, 33.VII:

(uncountable) A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.

real

a unit of currency formerly used in Portugal and Brazil


bes

(historical, numismatics) A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth two thirds of an as.


libra

libras (plural)
librae (plural)
contexts (Roman)

From Latin lībra (“pound”), partially via Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese libra. Doublet of lira, livre, libbre, liter, rottol, and arratel.

Ancient Roman units of measurement#Weight

pound

Portuguese contexts, but more often used for the arratel

(historical) Synonym of pound, a notional pound of silver as a money of account, especially in medieval contexts.


rand

Named after Witwatersrand; the last element is Afrikaans rand (“ridge”), from Dutch rand, from Old Saxon rand, from Germanic *randaz. Compare Etymology 1, and Rand.
The sense of currency is because of gold that was extracted from the Witwatersrand rocks.

The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.


kip

The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.


zloty

en-noun

zloty (plural zloty or zlotys or zlote or zlotych or zloties)

zloty (plural)
zlotys (plural)
zlote (plural)
zlotych (plural)
zloties (plural)

The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.


złoty

A special working fund administered by the State Agricultural Bank was established to meet all expenses connected with the measures necessary for improving the agrarian structure of the country. In the beginning it amounted to 900,000,000 złotys. After a cancellation of part of its obligations due on small farms, the balance by December 31, 1938, was more than 667,000,000 złotys.

1945, Bernadotte E[verly] Schmitt, editor, Poland, Berkeley, Calif., Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, pages 228–229:

Accordingly, if the estate is worth 90,000 złotys and the deceased leaves a widow A, and two children B and C, and B has already received 60,000 złotys, the calculation is as follows:- the value of a notional estate equals 150,000 złotys (90,000 + 60,000) and each share amounts to 50,000 złotys.

1973, D. Lasok, editor, Polish Civil Law, volume I, Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, →ISBN, page 270:

Once in the field, the Sonderdienstmann received 90 złotys per month with a supplement of 11 złotys per month when on active duty outside the normal duty station. By the summer of 1941, Sonderdienst men were receiving benefits, including free housing and uniforms as well as an untaxed food allowance of 2.70 złotys per day.

2005, Peter Black, “The Sonderdienst”, in Pieter M. Judson, Marsha L. Rozenblit, editors, Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe (Austrian and Habsburg Studies; volume 6), New York, N.Y., Oxford: Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 250:

At one extreme, Symeon Szydłowski, the castellan of Żarnów, suggested exempting parish priests with less than 3,000 złotys from the new tax. At the other, Suchodolski protested that poor nobles with families on 500 złotys a year would also find defenders.

2012, Richard Butterwick, The Polish Revolution and the Catholic Church, 1788–1792: A Political History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 92:


fils

(numismatics) Subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries.


som

From Kyrgyz сом (som) and Uzbek сўм (soʻm) (Cyrillic) / soʻm (Roman), both of which come from the Turkic root *som ("pure [gold]").

Kyrgyzstani som
Som (currency)
Uzbekistani sum


lira

lire (plural)
lira (plural)
liras (plural)

From Italian lira, from Latin lībra (partly via Turkish lira, Arabic لِيرَة (līra), Maltese lira, Greek λίρα (líra), and Hebrew לִירָה (“lirá”), all of which are originally from the Italian). Doublet of libra and livre.

The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro


yang

From early romanizations of Chinese 陽／阳 (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings.

"Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?"

1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 187:

The performance was unmistakably male and gay. The rousing lion dance that capped their performance provided the right touch of "yang" without destroying the distinct feel of something gay, Asian and new.

1985 August 17, S. H. Chua, “IGA Smashes Borders”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 10:

(philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.


shilling

From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill + -ing. Doublet of scalding and schilling.

look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

(US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.


stella

Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, star, and aster.

doublet

(US, numismatics) Alternative letter-case form of Stella.


anna

From Hindi अन्न (ann, “food, grain”), आना (ānā), from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or ¹⁄₁₆ rupee.


picayune

The noun is borrowed from southern French picaillon, pécaillon, picayon (“type of small foreign coin; (informal, especially in the plural) cash, money”), and from its etymon Occitan picalhon, picaioun (“cheaply made Savoyan-Piedmontese coin that was rapidly demonetized; (by extension) cash, money”), probably from Occitan piquar (“to ring (bells); to knock, strike”) (referring to the clinking of coins in a pocket), originally imitative.
The adjective is derived from the noun.

ref

From the collection of the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

der

(especially Louisiana, historical) A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin with a value of half a real; a fippenny bit.

(by extension, archaic) A coin worth five cents (a nickel) or some other low value.

(person unworthy of respect or useless):

(something of very little value):

(figuratively, informal) A person regarded as unworthy of respect or useless; also, something of very little value; a trifle.

(figuratively, informal) An argument, fact, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue or fails to make any difference.


picayune

en-adj

picayune (comparative more picayune, superlative most picayune)

more picayune (comparative)
most picayune (superlative)

It's also representative of a psychological syndrome that I notice has gotten steadily worse as the Cruise wears on, a mental list of dissatisfactions and grievances that started picayune but has quickly become nearly despair-grade.

1997, David Foster Wallace, “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

[T]here are four competing groups promoting the language – and they cannot agree even on how it should be spelled (Kernewek, Kernowek, Kernuak and Curnoack, among others). It might seem like a picayune matter, akin to the rivalry in the film "Monty Python's Life of Brian" between the Judean People's Front, the Judean Popular People's Front and the People's Front of Judea. But the issue is deadly serious to speakers of Cornish.

2005 November 17, Sarah Lyall, “In an old Celtic revival, spelling is a test of wills”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Of little consequence; small and of little importance; petty, trivial.

Childishly spiteful; tending to go on about unimportant things; small-minded.


para

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra/па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

She managed things with so much economy that she was enabled to save two paras every day, out of the piastre which he gave her.

1854, Bayard Taylor, A Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt...:

(historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.


fen

From Chinese 分 (fēn). Doublet of hoon and fan.

One poster, which appeared on the Barkhor on 20 May, ridiculed the way neighbourhood committees were recruiting participants: “We paid 30 fen for one stone, but you hire people for 30 yuan for the picnic in the Norbulingka” (“30 fen” — one hundred fen is one yuan — is a joking reference to Chinese accusations that Tibetans were paid 30 fen by splittists for each stone thrown on 1 October 1987).

1994, Ronald David Schwartz, “[Martial Law and After] Symbolic competition”, in Circle of Protest: Political Ritual in the Tibetan Uprising, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited, published 1996, →ISBN, page 184:

A unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan.


kwacha

Borrowed from Chichewa kwacha (“it has dawned”).

Malawi's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 tambala.

‘We left more kwacha than heʼs ever seen in his whole life.’

2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 294:

Zambia's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 ngwee.


tambala

From Chichewa tambala (“rooster”), after the rooster that appeared on the original coins in this denomination.

Malawi's minor currency unit, a hundredth of a kwacha.


leu

Borrowed from Romanian leu (“lion”), from Latin leō (“lion”). Doublet of Leo, lev, lion, and Lyon.

The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.

The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani.


tala

Borrowed from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.

The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.


yen

From Medhurst and Hepburn’s romanizations, under the influence of earlier Portuguese romanizations, of Japanese 圓(えん) (en, “round; a round object”) as ye or yen, now 円(えん) (en), from Chinese 銀圓／银圆 (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”): 銀／银 (yín, “silver”) + 圓／圆 (yuán, “circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar”). Cognate with Chinese 元 (yuán, “monetary unit, especially RMB”) and Korean 원 (won, “North or South Korean won”). Doublet of won and yuan.

cog

Passing by those clauses of it which demand no notice, we arrive at that which provides that "each proposal (for purchase) must state the price per picul of rice in gold yen." But why in gold yen, a coin as yet so scarce as to be almost beyond the ken of the foreign merchant?

1872 February 24, “The Export of Rice”, in The Japan Weekly Mail: A Political, Commercial, and Literary Journal, volume III, number 8, Yokohama: ジャパンメール新聞社 [Japan Meru Shinbunsha], →OCLC, page 95, column 1:

Does any one however believe that Japan's glorious achievements would have been possible, if the Government of that country had merely poured money like water on its standing battalions, unaugmented by reserves, and the magnificent spirit of every man, woman and child in that country had not been behind the Army to support it? Japan's ordinary budget for the Army is only about 37.3 millions yen, or a little under six crores of rupees.

1906 March 28, G[opal] K[rishna] Gokhale, “Budget Speech, 1906”, in Speeches of the Honourable Mr. G. K. Gokhale, C.I.E., Madras: Published by G[anapathi] A[graharam] Natesan & Co., Esplanade, published [1908], →OCLC, pages 171–172:

Taking the cue from his neighbours, Paul fed three 1000 yen notes into a machine beside the TV screen and the silent screen immediately exploded into a kaleidoscope of colours and instructions in Japanese below at least twenty pictures of sexy girls. […] Paul hesitated staring intently at the screen and the waiting girl while the 3,000 yen he had fed into the machine steadily dwindled at the rate of 50 yen a minute.

2011, Rei Kimura, chapter 7, in Japanese Orchid, [Bangkok?]: Bangkok Books, →ISBN, page 38:

The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.


kuna

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kúna/ку́на.

The former (until 2023) currency of Croatia, divided into 100 lipa.


balboa

Named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa. See also Balboa.

The currency of Panama, divided into 100 centésimos


leonine

en-adj

leonine (comparative more leonine, superlative most leonine)

more leonine (comparative)
most leonine (superlative)

From Late Middle English leonin, leonine (“characteristic of a lion, lionlike”), from Old French leonin, and from its etymon Latin leōnīnus (“of or pertaining to a lion”), from leō (“lion”) (from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn, “lion”); further etymology uncertain) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’).

лъвски

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion

leonine facies

The most terrible variety of this hideous evil is the leonine leprosy, so called because the head of the sufferer resembles that of a lion.

1874 September 15, “Catholic Heroism”, in The Illustrated Monitor: Organ of the Confraternity of the Sacred Christ and Agony of Our Lord, […], volume I, number 2, Dublin: Joseph Dollard, […], published 1875, →OCLC, page 22, column 1:

From syphilis, which is also a disease whose lesions are polymorphic in character, lepra can be distinguished by […] the characteristic leonine facies of its tubercular forms.

1883, James Nevins Hyde, “Neoplastic”, in A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin, […], Philadelphia, Pa.: Henry C[harles] Lea’s Son & Co., →OCLC, class IX (Of the Skin with Involvement of Other Organs), page 431:

A careful examination showed that the man was suffering from leprosy in an advanced stage; his face had the leonine expression, and the husky voice doubtless indicated that the disease had invaded the larynx.

1890 November, “Leprosy in Louisiana—Necessity of Providing for Lepers”, in New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, volume XVIII (New Series), number 5, New Orleans, La.: L. Graham & Son, […], →OCLC, page 396:

However, a head of Bes on an anthropomorphic clay vessel, dating from around 1300 bc, has been found in an Egyptian temple in Canaan, and it has been claimed that its leonine facies shows signs of advanced lepromatous leprosy.

2000, Elinor Lieber, “Old Testament ‘Leprosy’, Contagion and Sin”, in Lawrence I[rvin] Conrad, Dominik Wujastyk, editors, Contagion: Perspectives from Pre-modern Societies, Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing, published 2017, →ISBN, part III (Middle East and Europe), page 129:

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion; lionlike.

(pathology) Of a facies (“a person's facial features”): resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes leontiasis (“a medical condition characterized by an overgrowth of the cranial and facial bones”); also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.

leijonamainen

of a facies: resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease; of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies


leonine

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English leonin, leonine (“of or pertaining to a person named Leo; specifically Pope Leo IV”), from Latin leōnīnus, from Leo (“man’s name”) (from leo (“lion”): see etymology 1) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’).
Sense 2 (“being or relating to a kind of verse with internal rhyme”) is said to refer to a (possibly apocryphal) medieval monk named Leo or Leonius who composed verse with this characteristic; his identity is uncertain, but the composer Léonin (also known as Leo, Leoninus, or Leonius; flourished 1135s–1201) has been suggested. Alternatively, the word may refer to Pope Leo II (c. 611–683): see the c. 1760–1761 quotation.
The noun is derived from the adjective.

The Nineteenth and Tvventieth Days vvere ſpent in ſeeing the Monuments of the Leonine City, the Vatican Church, the Palace and Library.

1712, [Bernard de] Montfaucon, “The Nineteenth and Twentieth Days. […]”, in [John Henley?], transl., The Travels of the Learned Father Montfaucon from Paris thro’ Italy. […], London: […] D. L. for E[dmund] Curll […], E[gbert] Sanger […], R[obert] Gosling […], and W. Lewis […], →OCLC, page 319:

Of or pertaining to one of the popes named Leo; specifically (in Leonine City), to Pope Leo IV (790–855) who ordered the building of a wall around Vatican Hill to protect what is now Vatican City.

Leon

of or pertaining to one of the popes named Leo

leonine rhyme

In the Church of St. Dominick is a ſmall Picture of the Bleſſed Virgin, vvith the Infant JESUS in her Arms, vvell painted, and yet, appears to have been done in the Iron Age of Painting and other Arts, by the follovving verses, vvrit under it. […] Theſe Leonine Verſes, as plainly appears by them, expreſs a Senſe contrary to the Intention of the VVriter.

1712, [Bernard de] Montfaucon, “My Journey to Siena; […]”, in [John Henley?], transl., The Travels of the Learned Father Montfaucon from Paris thro’ Italy. […], London: […] D. L. for E[dmund] Curll […], E[gbert] Sanger […], R[obert] Gosling […], and W. Lewis […], →OCLC, page 403:

Observe, that, if the date of this poem be true, the general opinion, that the Leonine verse owes its name to Leonius, seems to be false; […] It is not therefore very likely, as Leonius flourished in 1154, that he should give name to such Latin verses upwards of thirty years before. Indeed some people have thought that it was called after Leo, probably the Second, who lived in 684, a pope who is said to have reformed the hymns and the music of the church.

c. 1760–1761 (date written; published 1814), Thomas Gray, “[Essays. Metrum.] Observations on the Pseudo-Rhythmus.”, in Edmund Gosse, editor, The Works of Thomas Gray in Prose and Verse. […], volume I (Poems, Journals, and Essays), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1884, →OCLC, pages 374–375:

[T]he Latin poetry, instead of Leonine rhymes, or attempts at regular hexameters almost equally bad, becomes, in the hands of Gunther, Gualterus de Insulis, Gulielmus Brito, and Joseph Iscanus, to whom a considerable number of names might be added, always tolerable, sometimes truly spirited; […]

1837–1839, Henry Hallam, “On the General State of Literature in the Middle Ages to the End of the Fourteenth Century”, in Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, paragraph 84, page 100:

(poetry) Being or relating to a kind of medieval Latin verse, generally alternative hexameter and pentameter, with rhyming at the middle and end of a line (that is, internal rhyme); also (by extension), of or relating to modern verse having internal rhyme.

leoniininen

being or relating to a kind of medieval Latin verse; of or relating to modern verse having internal rhyme


leonine

A[llen]. The Clink of Syllables call'd Rymes, / Brought in ith' barb'rous Runick times, / To ſober Criticks ſeems to be / A paultry part of Poetry, / Becoming Monkiſh dull Divines, / VVho traded much in Leonines. / J[ohn]. Altho' to ſpoil I ſhould be ſorry, / An undergraduate Antiquary, / Yet I'll produce a Line or tvvo / Of Leonines in Cicero, / Before the Monks long time ago.

1715, “Canto III”, in The Miller of Trompington: being an Exercise upon Chaucer’s Reeve’s Tale, London: […] Jonas Brown, […]; and sold by J[ames] Roberts […], →OCLC, pages 44–45:

[F]rom the jingling of the Greek couplet juſt before, and ſimilar inſtances of his taſte, I am perſuaded Sir VVilliam intended theſe as Leonines perfect in their kind.

1771 December, “Illustration of the Inscription on Sir W[illiam] Browne’s Monument. […] Continued from Our Last. The Notes.”, in The Town and Country Magazine; or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment, volume III, London: […] A[rchibald] Hamilton Junr. […]; [a]nd sold by Robinson and Roberts, […], →OCLC, page 648, column 1:

The manuscript of Trinity College, Cambridge, which we have already mentioned, was written at the beginning of the thirteenth century, and the proverbs which it contains are translations into Latin leonines of some of the more popular English, and, in one or two instances, Norman proverbs of that time.

1835 March, “Art. V.— […] 4. Collection of English Proverbs of the Twelfth Century, Translated into Latin Leonines. MS. Trin. Coll. Camb. O. 2. 45. (Unpublished.) [book review]”, in Cochrane’s Foreign Quarterly Review, volume I, number II, London: Whittaker & Co. […]; Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, Edinburgh. Sold by all booksellers in Great Britain, Ireland, the Colonies, and the continents of Europe and America., →OCLC, page 395:

(poetry) Chiefly in the plural: synonym of Leonine verse (“a kind of medieval Latin verse, generally alternative hexameter and pentameter, with rhyming at the middle and end of a line (that is, internal rhyme)”)


leonine

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin leōnīna + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Leōnīna is a feminine singular form of Latin leōnīnus (see etymology 1), and may refer to the use of a lion motif on the coin: see the 1787 quotation.

lbor

In the eyghte and twentye yere of his raign in the Chriſtmaſſe ſeaſon Kyng Edwarde ſet foorth a proclamation, forbidding and prohibiting all foraine coine to bee receyued and payde as ſterling mony wythin his dominion, commaunding by the ſame proclamation, that two peeces of them ſhould go for one ſterlying, vntill the feaſt of Eaſtre. There were diuers moneyes in thoſe dayes currant wythin this realme, as Pollardes, Crocards, Staldinges, Egles, Leonines, Steepinges, and all theſe were white monyes, artificially made of ſiluer, copper, and ſulphur, ſo that it was an yll tyme for baſe moneyes, and muche choppyng and chaunging was vſed in buying and ſelling of thynges.

1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “Edward the Fyrste”, in The Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume II, London: […] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 835, column 2:

[I]n the raign of E[dward] I. there were divers white monies called Pollards, Crocards, Staldings, Eagles, Leonines, and Steepings artificially made of ſilver, copper, and ſulphur, and yet currant within the Realme; and for that two pieces of theſe monies were but of the value of one ſterling. King E. I. by his Proclamation utterly forbad the ſame.

1642, Edw[ard] Coke, “Stat. de Tallagio non Concedendo, Edit. Anno 34 Edw. I.”, in The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, and R[obert] Young, for E[phraim] D[awson], R[ichard] M[eighen], W[illiam] L[ee] and D[aniel] P[akeman], →OCLC, chapter XX, page 577:

[M]oſt deceits and corruptions are found in this reign [of Edward I of England], vvhen there vvas imported (beſides clipped ſterlings) a ſort of light money vvith a mitre, another with a lion, a third of copper blanched in imitation of the Engliſh money, a fourth like that of King Edvvard, and a fifth kind that vvas plated, and others, knovvn by the name of Pollards, Crokards, Mitres, Lionines, Staldings, Steepings, Eagles and Roſarys, vvhich vvere coined in parts beyond the ſeas, and privately brought into the kingdom, and uttered here for ſterling, though not vvorth above an halfpenny.

1787, John Topham, “Observations on the Wardrobe Account of the 28th Year of King Edward the First”, in Liber quotidianus contrarotulatoris garderobae. Anno regni regis Edwardi primi vicesimo octavo. A.D. MCCXCIX. & MCCC. […] [Daily Book of the Counter-roll of the Wardrobe. In the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of King Edward the First. A.D. 1299 & 1300. […]], London: […] J[ohn] Nichols […], →OCLC, page xxii:

(numismatics, historical) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny; it was outlawed under Edward I (reigned 1272–1307).


dram

From Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (zʿzn /drahm/), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “I hold, seize”).

der

(numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.


mitre

From Middle English mytre, from Old French mitre, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”). Its use in reference to a counterfeit coin derived from the bishop's mitre stamped upon it. Doublet of Mithras, Mithra, Mitra, and Mehr.

doublet

(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.


leone

A unit of currency of Sierra Leone, divided into 100 cents.


taler

From German Taler, (older) Thaler. Doublet of dollar.

(historical) Germanic unit of currency used between the 15th and 19th centuries.


sou

Borrowed from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and xu.


sen

From a syncopation of Middle English selven, selfen, variants of selfe, self. More at self.

Hear all, see all, say nowt. Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt. An if ivver tha does owt fer nowt, mek sure tha does it fer thi sen.


sen

A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.


sen

From Indonesian sen, from Dutch cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”). See further etymology at cent.

A unit of Indonesian currency, worth one hundredth of a rupiah.


sen

From Malay sen, from English cent. See further etymology at cent.

A unit of Malaysian currency, worth one hundredth of a ringgit.


centime

Borrowed from French centime. Doublet of centimo and santim.

(historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.


mohur

(historical) A gold coin of British India, worth from twelve to fifteen rupees.


tanner

George II of Great Britain
John Sigismund Tanner
Royal Mint

Named after John Sigismund Tanner (1705–1775), who designed a sixpence for the Royal Mint during the reign of King George II.

[A]s you are so flash of your money, though you say you are poor, you may give me a tanner to buy a little baccy with; […]

1851, George Borrow, chapter III, in Lavengro; the Scholar—the Gypsy—the Priest. […], volume II, London: John Murray […], →OCLC, page 32:

They'd say hello, maybe slip you a tanner.

2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 469:

(British, colloquial) A former British coin worth six old pence.


boliviano

the unit of currency in Bolivia, divided into 100 centavos


ruble

копе́йка копейка#Russian

капе́йка капейка#Belarusian

The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽.


kopek

Borrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka), from копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”) (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478). Doublet of kopeika, kopiyka, and kapeek.

bor+

A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.

A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia.

A kapiejka: a Belarusian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble (rubel).


quetzal

From Spanish quetzal, from Classical Nahuatl quetzalli (“brightly colored tail feather, quetzal feather”), from quetza (“to raise, lift”); see also Classical Nahuatl quetzaltōtōtl (“quetzal bird”).

cog

In 2002 Guatemala officially declared the U.S. dollar as legal tender to circulate in parallel to the national currency, the quetzal. This is not likely to last for long as the quetzal is not widely accepted and is considered a weak store of value.

2005, Anastasia Xenias, “Dollarization: The End of Monetary Pluralism in South America?”, in Avery Plaw, editor, Frontiers of Diversity: Explorations in Contemporary Pluralism, page 109:

In this situation, they chose a policy mix of moderate monetary tightening, tight fiscal policy, and central bank intervention in the foreign exchange market to prevent excessive appreciation of the quetzal, without pursuing an exchange rate target[…].

2005, International Monetary Fund, Guatemala: 2005 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report, unnumbered page:

To cope with the subsequent mounting pressures on the domestic currency, the Bank of Guatemala (Banguat) started to intervene in the foreign exchange market to moderate the quetzal depreciation and tightened monetary policy.

2007, Charles Enoch, Karl Habermeier, Marta de Castello Branco, editors, Building Monetary and Financial Systems: Case Studies in Technical Assistance, International Monetary Fund, page 105:

A monetary unit used in Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos.


castellano

From Spanish castellano (“Castilian”), from Medieval Latin Castella (“Castile, Land of Fortresses”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”), from Latin castrum (“fort”) + -ella (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Doublet of Castilian, castellanus, castellan, and chatelain.

doublet

(historical) A former Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a castellano of gold.


pound sterling

The sterling was originally a silver penny. 240 of them made a pound.

Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.

1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547


hoon

Borrowed from Hindi हून (hūn, “pagoda, a gold coin of Southern India”), from Sanskrit हून (hūna, “a kind of gold coin from a particular kingdom”).

derived

The plaintiff in his plaint states, that the first and second defendants' elder brother, Soobbiya Shetty, on the 8th Ashweeja Bahoola of the year Veya, mortgaged to him, for 2½ hoons, his two slaves, viz. a female Dher, named Honnoo, and a male Pardeshey, together with their offspring, and made them over to him; that while they were in his possession, Soobba Shetty died, and the first and the second defendants succeeding to his (Soobba Shetty's) property, they further executed a document to him for hoons 4-8-12, on account of a balance against themselves of rice, &c., making a total mortgage on the slaves of hoons 7-3-12.

1835 July 29, “Decree Passed by the Barcoor Moonsif, in Original Cause, No. 126 of 1835, on the 29th July 1835: Hossamunay Manddawanna Shetty, residing in the Hondady Village, and Brumawhar Mogany, in the Barcoor Talook, versus Sheevy Shetty, his younger brother, Honniya, both nephews of Hossamunay Pomma Shetty, and younger brothers of Soobbiya Shetty, residing in the said Hondady Village, and Bennaycoodra Krooshna Shetty”, in Slavery (East Indies). Return to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons Dated 22 April 1841;—for, Copy of the Despatch from the Governor-General of India in Council to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, Dated the 8th Day of February 1841 (No. 3), with the Report from the Indian Law Commissioners, dated the 15th Day of January 1841, and its Appendix Enclosed in that Despatch, on the Subject of Slavery in the East Indies, [London]: Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, published 26 April 1841, →OCLC, appendix IX, page 505:

(India, historical) A pagoda, a type of gold coin.


pagoda

From Portuguese pagode, which is via Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti) from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess).

der

[T]he Mahrattas having offered Alimerdy Khan his liberty for a lak of Pagodas; he does in the Nabob's name desire that the Governor of Madras would receive jewels and money to that amount into his custody, […]

1693 January 2 (date written; Gregorian calendar), J. Talboys Wheeler, compiler, “Governorship of Mr. Nathaniel Higginson. 1692–1698.”, in Madras in the Olden Time: Being a History of the Presidency from the First Foundation of the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham. 1639–1702. […], Madras: […] J. Higginbotham, […], by Graves and Co., Scottish Press, published 1861, →OCLC, page 262:

I, in about two hours, notwithstanding the utmost caution, found myself minus upwards of six hundred pagodas […] .

1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 240

(now historical) A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties in medieval southern India.


avo

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.


cedi

Ultimately from Fante Akan sedi (“cowrie shell”).

The currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas and represented by ₵.


Louis

→ Bengali: লুইস (luiś)

→ Hawaiian: Lui

→ Maori: Ruihi, Rewi

→ Persian: لوئیس (lu'is)

From French Louis, from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, &c., from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodhuvigs, Lodevis, Lodhwig, &c., from Latin Ludovicus, from Clodovicus, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud; famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”).
Doublet of Lewis and, more remotely, Aloysius, Luis, Ludwig, Luigi, and Clovis.
Remotely related to Slav and related terms through the Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear, be heard; famous”) root.

"It is hardly a week since you called me your future husband, and treated me as such; now I am once more the tutor for you: I am addressed as Mr. Moore, and Sir; your lips have forgotten Louis."
 "No, Louis, no: it is an easy, liquid name, not soon forgotten."

1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter 36, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC:


Louis

It was a strange collection, like Billy Bones’s hoard for the diversity of coinage, but so much larger and so much more varied that I think I never had more pleasure than in sorting them. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, […]

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

(historical numismatics) Alternative letter-case form of louis: various gold and silver coins issued by the French kings.


hexagram

/ˈhɛksəɡɹæm/

A large silver coin minted during the Byzantine Empire.


mina

Borrowed from Latin mina, from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ, “mna”). Compare maneh, from Biblical Hebrew מָנֶה (māne), as well as maund.

What then of the actual fine of thirty minae Socrates proposes? Thirty minae was a large sum, “the equivalent of approximately eight-and-one-half years′ wages," according to one recent estimate (Brickhouse and Smith 1988, 227); enough to buy a library of three thousand philosophy books, if the price of Anaxogoras′ book is any guide (26d6-e2).

1989, C. D. C Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato′s Apology of Socrates, page 174:

(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.


punt

Borrowed from Irish punt, from Middle English pund.

The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.


farthing

→ Occitan: hardit

→ Catalan: ardit

/ˈfɑː(ɹ).ðɪŋ/

From Middle English ferthing, from Old English fēorþing, fēorþung (“a quarter, fourth part, farthing”), from fēorþa (“fourth”), from Proto-Germanic *fedurþungaz (“a quarter”), probably influenced by Old Norse fjórðungr (“a fourth part, quarter”). Equivalent to fourth + -ing; compare English riding (“third part”).

cog

"Nay, Heaven forbid, indeed," quoth Robin, "that I should take from such as thee, jolly fellow! Not so much as one farthing would I take from thee, for I love a fair Saxon face like thine right well—more especially when it cometh from Locksley Town, and most especially when the man that owneth it is to marry a bonny lass on Thursday next. But come, tell me for what price thou wilt sell me all of thy meat and thy horse and cart."

1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:

We must keep them to the fact that the duty is one and three quarter farthings, or nearly a half-penny in the pound and no more, and any one who tries to work it out any other way is not acting fairly in the matter.

1895, Parliament of Western Australia, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly VIII, page 163

I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.

1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter II, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.

фартинг

former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny


lek

en-noun

lek (plural leks or lek or leku or lekë)

leks (plural)
lek (plural)
leku (plural)
lekë (plural)

From Albanian lek, named after Alexander the Great, whose name is often shortened to Leka in Albanian.

With the loss of control by the Government over foreign exchange surrender requirements and the almost complete depletion of foreign exchange reserves, in early 1992 the official rate was further devalued to leks 50 = $1.

1992, Mario I. Bléjer, Albania: From Isolation Toward Reform, page 56:

1997, Igor Artimiev, Gary J. Fine, Country Studies: Albania, Ira W. Lieberman, Stilpon S. Nestor, Raj M. Desai, Between State and Market: Mass Privatization in Transition Economies, page 178,
Enterprise shares are sold at voucher auctions in exchange for either immaterial privatization leks (through a bank transfer from the bidder's privatization lek account) or through privatization vouchers, which are submitted at the time of bidding.

Value Added Tax is another tax imposed on all enterprises with a yearly turnover of more than 2 million Leks. VAT was introduced in the Albanian tax system in 1995 replacing the old turnover tax.

2003, Iraj Hoshi, Ewa Balcerowicz, Leszek Balcerowicz, Barriers to Entry and Growth of New Firms in Early Transition, page 253:

The currency unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka.


renminbi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 人民幣／人民币 (rénmínbì, “people's currency”).

Now, the Fang County government is trying “incentives,” according to a statement posted Saturday on its website. People who report their own fevers will receive 1,000 renminbi, the equivalent of $143 — a few days’ salary for the average Hubei resident.
The statement also said that people who report the fevers of others would get 500 renminbi, which raised the prospect of neighbors turning one another in. Communist Party cadres who investigate and verify such reports would receive the same amount.

2020 March 12, “Deaths in China Surpass Toll From SARS”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-21, Asia Pacific:

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The official currency of the People's Republic of China.


øre

Borrowed from Danish øre, Norwegian øre, from Latin aureus (“a Roman coin; golden”). Doublet of aureus, eyrir, öre, and oyra.

A currency unit worth one hundredth of a Norwegian and Danish krone.


ringgit

Unadapted borrowing from Malay ringgit (literally “jagged”).

unadapted borrowing

[…] Malays at the famous Night Market speak with awe about the Chinese tourists who spend “a thousand ringgits a week just eating fish.”

2009 January 20, Jennifer Pinkowski, “Growing Taste for Reef Fish Sends Their Numbers Sinking”, in The New York Times, A. G. Sulzberger, →ISSN, →OCLC:

令吉

official name in Malaysia, also used in China, Hong Kong, Macao

林吉特

used in China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan but not Malaysia or Singapore


sente

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lesotho loti.


riel

The monetary unit of Cambodia, equivalent to 100 sen or 10 kak. Symbol: ៛


lipa

lipas (plural)
lipa (plural)
lipe (plural)

(often in the plural) A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian kuna (obsolete since 2023).


Euro

(proscribed) Alternative spelling of euro, the currency and coin introduced 1999.


louis

Borrowed from French louis, from Louis, the name of the French kings who first issued these coins and whose images appeared on their obverses.

(historical numismatics) Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to Louis XVI and bearing their image on the obverse side, particularly the gold louis d'ors, originally a French form of the Spanish doubloon but varying in value between 10 and 24 livres.

louis d'or constitutionnel
louis d'or constitutionnel

(historical numismatics) The louis d'or constitutionnel, a 24-livre gold coin issued by the First French Republic.

(historical numismatics, informal) The franc germinal or napoleon, a similar gold coin issued by Napoleon and bearing his image on the obverse, worth 20 francs.


Stella

(US, numismatics) A gold coin with a face value of $4.00 proposed for use in the United States in the 19th century.


zaire

(historical) The unit of currency of Zaire.


uncia

From Latin uncia (“various Roman units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, ounce, inch, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.

doublet

(historical) A bronze coin minted by the Roman Republic, 1/12 of an as.


napoleon

en-noun

napoleon (countable and uncountable, plural napoleons)

/nəˈpəʊlɪən/

Borrowed from French Napoléon (“given name, usually in reference to Napoleon Bonaparte”). In reference to coins, via French napoléon (“(slang) a coin that originally had the appearance of Napoleon's face in the obverse”). In reference to guns and possibly cards, in reference to Napoleon III.

bor

(historical numismatics, slang) The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon I of France.

(card games, uncountable) Clipping of double napoleon: a form of patience.


kina

From Tolai kina (“oyster or clamshell”).

The national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea.


quincunx

en-noun

quincunx (plural quincunxes or quincunces)

An arrangement of five units with four forming the corners of a square and the fifth at the centre of the square, a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.

In 1873–74 Sir Francis Galton (Charles Darwin’s cousin) designed an apparatus that he later named the quincunx.

1998, Deborah J. Bennett, Randomness, Harvard University Press, page 104:

(historical, numismatics) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as.


guaraní

Borrowed from Spanish guaraní, from Guaraní guarani.
# The currency of Paraguay, divided into 100 céntimos.


krone

Austro-Hungarian Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire

(historical) The currency of German-Austria and Liechtenstein after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1919) until the introduction of the Austrian schilling and, in Liechtenstein, the Swiss franc.


medio

From Spanish medio (“half, half-celemin, half-real, etc.”), from Latin medius (“half”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Doublet of medium, media, and mediate.

bor

(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 2.3 L.

(historical) Any of various former Spanish and Latin American half-pieces, particularly the half-real both as a coin and a notional unit of account.


qintar

(plural: qindarka or qintars) An Albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek.


tuppence

en-noun

tuppence (countable and uncountable, plural tuppences)

By surface analysis, two + pence, collective plural of penny.
Same for the definition: "Short for tuppence worth (“one’s opinion”)." however, this idiom is derived from this fact; in Britain it used to cost two pence ("tuppence") to post a letter, usually holding one's opinion.

short for

Milk has gone up to tuppence ha’penny a pint.

In less than four days twenty-three men had paid their tuppences to Henery, who ’ad been made the seckitary.

1909, W. W. Jacobs, “Prize Money,”, in Sailor's Knots:

‘Miss Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’t tuppence to rub together.’

1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 11:

(UK, Ireland, informal, dated) Two pence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency).


dong

Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duŋ, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅／铜 (tóng, “copper”).

The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫

(historical) The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ.


dong

From Korean 동(洞) (dong, “neighborhood”).

A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.


tetri

A unit of currency in Georgia, one hundredth of a lari.


lari

Borrowed from Georgian ლარი (lari, “lari”).

The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri.


rappen

‘Meticulous to a fault,’ he declared respectfully – even if the fault included checking Toby's imprest down to the last Swiss Rappen, a discipline he accepted with a rueful grace.

1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 273:

There was a hole the size of a ten-rappen coin on her right shin and a run laddering after it.

2015, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau, Random House, page 112:

A unit of currency in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, equal to one-hundredth of a Swiss franc.


dinar

From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār) and Serbo-Croatian динар (also from Arabic), derived from the Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, dinero, and dinheiro.

doublet

Standing near Joseph, carrying a bag of taboon flatbreads, was Olivier, from Ivory Coast. He arrived a year ago and has been trying to save the 3,000 dinars (£780) he said it would cost to make the trip to Europe.

2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian:

The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.


taka

From Bengali টাকা (ṭaka), from Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka).

The official currency of Bangladesh, equal to 100 paisas. Symbol: ৳


penni

The Finnish monetary unit is the Finnish mark or markka (Fmk), which is divided into 100 pennis (p).

1980, Nagel Publishers, Finland, page 271:

(historical) A former Finnish currency unit, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the markka.


lat

Borrowed from Latvian lats, a clipping of Latvija (“Latvia”).


ichibu

Setting aside what was done yesterday, we began by proposing an equal exchange of gold for gold, and silver for silver, and after no small delay made them produce two ichibu, whose weight we compared with our dollars; […]

1854 June 13, S[amuel] Wells Williams, edited by F[rederick] W[ells] Williams, A Journal of the Perry Expedition to Japan (1853-1854) (Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan; volume XXXVII, part II), Yokohama, […]: Kelly & Walsh, L’d., published 1910, page 209:

(historical) An old gold or silver coin of Japan, rectangular in shape. It corresponded to the ichibugin or ichibuban, and was used during the Edo period prior to the introduction of the yen in 1871.


eco

From ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, who propose to use the currency.

A proposed name for the common currency that the West African Monetary Zone plans to introduce in the framework of the Economic Community of West African States.


rosary

From Middle English rosarie, from Latin rosārium, here in its sense as a garland of roses. The coin usage referred to the laurel wreath appearing on the obverse bust, as opposed to the bare head on the pollard. Doublet of Rosario and rosarium.

psalter (150-bead rosary for use with the Psalms)

(historical numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.


birr

The currency of Ethiopia, divided into 100 santims.


dobra

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe

The official or principal currency of São Tomé and Príncipe, divided into 100 cêntimos.

dobra

official currency of São Tomé and Príncipe


sceat

Learned borrowing from Old English sceatt.

lbor

1840, Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, Volume 2, Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom, unnumbered page,
In the Anglo-Saxon laws there is no passage from which the value of the ‘sceat’ can be ascertained with certainty, though from some places in the laws of Ethelbirht it would appear, that, in Kent at least, 20 sceats were equal to 1 scilling.

1862, Eben William Robertson, Scotland Under Her Early Kings, Edmonston and Douglas, page 347,
The Obolus and the Scruple appear to have been equally familiar to the Anglo-Saxons under the names of the older sceat and penny. The Kentishmen seem to have resembled the Franks in their coinage as well as in their Wergilds, for their scilling weighed 20 sceats; and as the scilling was only a corruption of the Roman sicilicus (the shekel), or quarter-ounce weight, the Kentish ounce must have contained 80 sceats or 40 pence; in other words it was the old Salic solidus of 40 scruples, often met with in later times under the name of mancus, or heavier ounce of 30 Carlovingian (or sterling), and 40 Merovingian pence, or scruples.

(numismatics, historical) A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver; sometimes regarded as a weight (and thus a comparative measure of a coin's value).


drachm

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French dragme (modern French drachme), from Late Latin dragma. Doublet of dirham.

(obsolete, numismatics) Alternative form of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma.


florin

From Middle English florin, floren, from Old French florin, from Italian fiorino (“little flower”). Doublet of fiorino.

Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.

ֆլորին

any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy

A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).

The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.

[I]n 1646, during the phenomenon known as "Tulipomania", a tulip like the red and white 'Admirael van der Eijck', or the purple-splashed 'Generalen van Gouda' would sell for more than 1,000 Dutch florins, at a time when the average annual income of a skilled worker was about 300 florins.

2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening):

A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.

A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.


guilder

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-gilder.wav

[N]one ſhall be choſen to be a Commiſſioner in the Court at Amſterdam, vnleſſe he put ſix thouſand gilders ſtocke of his owne in the ſaid Companie; [...]

1621, Orders and Articles Granted by the High and Mightie Lords the States General of the Vnited Provinces, Concerning the Erecting of a VVest Indian Companie: Together with the Priuiledges and Rights Giuen vnto the Same, [London]: [s.n.], →OCLC, clause 13:

On the Spuy is a good Dutch Inn, called the Hoff van Utrecht. The Price is a Gilder a Day, or a Shilling for the Dinner only.

1743, [Henry Lawson], “The Manner in which Strangers Live at the Hague”, in A Description of Holland: Or, The Present State of the United Provinces. […], London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 208:

The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.

The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.

Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles

The current currency unit in the islands in the former Netherlands Antilles, divided into 100 cents.


ngwee

A currency of Zambia, one hundredth of a kwacha.


austral

From Spanish austral, from Latin australis.

A former currency of Argentina. Its symbol was ₳.


naira

A contraction of Nigeria, coined by Federal Commissioner for Finance Obafemi Awolowo.

‘Five naira for one small cup. The big one is ten naira.’

2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 37:

The official currency of Nigeria, which replaced the pound in 1973; the principal denomination of the currency, equal to 100 kobo.


dirham

From Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), ultimately from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirhem, and adarme.

doublet

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.


tet

en-noun

tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)

(uncountable, informal, medicine) The tetralogy of Fallot.

(countable, informal, medicine) A patient with tetralogy of Fallot.


tet

(geometry, engineering) A tetrahedron; a tetrahedral finite element.


tyiyn

A unit of currency in Kyrgyzstan, one hundredth of a som.


convertible mark

convertible mark (plural convertible marks)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina

The official currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, abbreviated BAM.


rupia

(historical) The former currencies of Italian Somaliland and Portuguese India.


quadrans

From Latin quadrāns. Doublet of quadrant.

A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as.


yuan

From Mandarin 元 (yuán), from 圓／圆 (yuán, “circle > round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Compare Japanese 円(えん) (en), Korean 원(圓) (won). Doublet of yen and won.

Sung paused to show me some of the notes. They were in issues of five yuan (a Chinese dollar, equal at this time to a little less than one American dollar), one yuan, twenty and ten cent denominations.

1940, Evans Fordyce Carlson, “Test Tube for New China”, in Twin Stars of China: A Behind-the-Scenes Story of China's Valiant Struggle For Existence By A U. S. Marine who Lived & Moved with The People, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 219:

The Nanchiaoshan Co-operative in Kuangling County originally had 14 households. But they became dissatisfied and 7 withdrew because nothing was done when the production-team leader (a rich peasant) and the bookkeeper made away with some 60 yuan of public money.

1978 [1955 June 24], Yenpei Prefectural Party Committee, “A Stern Struggle Must be Waged Against Graft and Theft”, in General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, editor, Socialist Upsurge in China's Countryside [中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）], First edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 481:

中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）

A ticket to these Saturday and Sunday night dances costs 15 yuan, or $5.35, which is a lot when one considers that the average Peking worker makes 60 to 70 yuan ($21 to $25) a month.

1985 April 29, Daniel Southerl, “Saturday Night Fever in Peking”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-27:

Donations to the mosque come from a village considered fairly poor by regional standards, with an average annual income of 300 yuan (about U.S. $100) per household. The 1982 average per capita annual income in Yongning County was substantially higher, 539 yuan according to the Population Census Office (1987:206).

1998, Dru C. Gladney, “Getting Rich is Not So Glorious: Contrasting Perspectives on Prosperity Among Muslims and Han in China”, in Robert W. Hefner, editor, Market Cultures: Society and Morality in the New Asian Capitalisms, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110:

The provincial government has designated thirty-four counties in Henan as officially impoverished (pinkun xian) according to the provincial criterion: an average annual per capita income below 500 yuan and total household assets valued at less than 8,000 yuan, based on 1990 prices.

2002, Kellee S. Tsai, “Creative Capitalists in Henan”, in Back-Alley Banking: Private Entrepreneurs in China, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 185:

In Pinggu, a suburb of Beijing, residents were told that they would receive 50-yuan ($7.60) prizes in cash or merchandise once they had been fully vaccinated.

2021 April 5, Lily Kuo, Lyric Li, “China’s covid vaccine drive is lagging. Free food could help turn things around.”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-04-05, Asia & Pacific:

(numismatics) The basic unit of money in China.


att

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip.


sterling

sterling (countable and uncountable, plural sterlings)

From Middle English sterling, sterlinge, sterlynge, starling, of uncertain origin. Possibly from sterling (“starling”) (the bird), which at one time was stamped in quarters on the coin; or perhaps from Middle English sterre (“star”) + -ling (as in shilling), as some Norman coins presumably featured stars on them.
For the UK currency gloss, the term is a contraction of esterling, referring to eastern merchants from Baltic towns who established a bullion weight standard for transactions. (Taylor and Palmer, 1968)

“… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted.[…]”

1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “Who Stole the Black Diamonds ?”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.

جنيَه إِسْتِرْلِينِيّ

the currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound

Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign.

1793, Stephen Martin Leake, An Historical Account of English Money from the Conquest to the Present Time:

Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.

esterlina

former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness


sterling

en-adj

sterling (comparative more sterling, superlative most sterling)

more sterling (comparative)
most sterling (superlative)

(not comparable) Of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.

esterlí

of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage


sesterce

From Latin sēstertius (“two-and-a-half (asses)”).

uder

Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.

1606, C[aius, i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 38, page 16:

Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces […]

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 3:

For him I must convert one of my sheep or goats to sesterces and slaughter another for his entertainment.

1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:


lempira

Spanish, from the name of an Indian chief.

The currency of Honduras, divided into 100 centavos.


rei

Incorrect back-formation of Portuguese plural réis. The correct singular is real.

(nonstandard or obsolete) A Portuguese real


syli

The currency of Guinea between 1971 and 1985, subdivided into 100 cauris.


ngultrum

/əŋˈɡʌltrəm/

Borrowed from Dzongkha དངུལ་ཀྲམ (dngul kram).

bor+

The official currency of Bhutan, equal to 100 chetrums.


paʻanga

The official currency of Tonga, equal to 100 seniti.


somoni

The official currency of Tajikistan, equal to 100 dirams.


rufiyaa

From Dhivehi ރުފިޔާ (rufiyā) , from Sanskrit रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”). Doublet of rupee.

der

The official currency of Maldives, equal to 100 laari.


diram

From Tajik дирам (diram), from Persian درم (deram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm [ZWZN]), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.

doublet

A Tajikistani coin; 100 dirams equal one somoni.


rupiah

Borrowed from Indonesian rupiah, in turn from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”). Doublet of rupee and rufiyaa.


tenge

The basic monetary unit of Kazakhstan; subdivided into tiyin.


nakfa

From Tigrinya ናቕፋ (naḳʰfa, “Nakfa, Eritrea”).

The currency of Eritrea, divided into 100 cents.


lilangeni

en-noun

lilangeni (plural lilangenis or emalangeni)

/ˌlɪlæŋˈɡeɪni/


ekwele

ekwele (plural ekweles or ekwele or bipkwele)

ekweles (plural)
ekwele (plural)
bipkwele (plural)

(historical) The former currency of Equatorial Guinea.


córdoba

The currency of Nicaragua, divided into 100 centavos.


dalasi

I stood at the desk, about to pay my twenty-five dalasi for fifteen minutes.

2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 386:

The currency of the Gambia, divided into 100 bututs.


CFA franc

CFA stands for Communauté Financière d'Afrique ("Financial Community of Africa") or Communauté Financière Africaine ("African Financial Community").

A currency used in 12 African countries, guaranteed by the French treasury.


CFP franc

The currency of French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna.


ariary

From Malagasy ariary, from Arabic الرِيَال (ar-riyāl, “riyal”). Doublet of real, regal, riyal, and royal.


riyal

From Arabic رِيَال (riyāl). Doublet of ariary, real, regal, and royal.

The official currency of Qatar and Saudi Arabia.


stotinka

From Bulgarian стоти́нка (stotínka, “hundredth”).

bor

A unit of currency in Bulgaria, worth one hundredth of a lev.


Swiss franc

The currency of Switzerland, divided into 100 centimes, currency code CHF.


ouguiya

Borrowed from French ouguiya, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة (ʔūqiyya), via Classical Syriac and Ancient Greek from Latin uncia (“ounce”). Doublet of ounce, inch, uncia, oka, and awqiyyah.

doublet

The currency of Mauritania, divided into five khoums.


Krugerrand

Named for the obverse's picture of Paul Kruger, former president of the South African Republic.

(numismatics) A gold coin minted in South Africa, containing a full troy ounce of gold.


halier

Borrowed from Slovak halier. Doublet of heller.

(historical) The former coin of Slovakia, 100 haliers equal a koruna.


bolívar

Borrowed from Spanish bolívar, ultimately named after Simón Bolívar.

He can compute his earnings for a week at so many bolívares a day, and he knows the costs of various construction materials and with some effort can make a simple summation of costs of materials for a job.

1968, Lisa Redfield Peattie, “The World of Señor Figueres”, in The View from the Barrio, Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University of Michigan Press, →LCCN, page 96:

In 1921, for example, a large chicken could be obtained for four bolívares, whereas now one cost ten bolívares. Likewise, oranges that had previously sold for two bolívares per hundred were now one bolívar for four.

2009, Miguel Tinker Salas, “The Search for Black Gold”, in The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 68:

In theory, it would be entirely possible to offer these low prices, especially given that the canteen does not pay for local land rents, or tenancy, or electricity, or water; that it employs inmates who are paid a pittance (two bolívares for the entire day); […]

2023, Rebecca Jarman, Representing the Barrios: Culture, Politics, and Urban Poverty in Twentieth-Century Caracas, Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, →ISBN:

The currency of Venezuela, divided into 100 céntimos.


gourde

From French, originally meaning “heavy, clumsy”. Cognate with Haitian Creole goud.

Small boys eager to help in return for a gourd or two.

1983 December 24, Andrea Loewenstein, “"What's Freedom Without Food In Your Stomach?" — A Trip to Haiti”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 8:

The currency of Haiti, divided into 100 centimes.


antoninianus

en-noun

antoninianus (plural antoniniani or antoninianuses)

antoniniani (plural)
antoninianuses (plural)

From Late Latin Antōnīniānus (“pertaining to Antoninus”). Speculatively named in modern times after an Antoninus mentioned in the Augustan History, after whom some silver coins were said to be named. However, it is not known what this coin was called in antiquity.

bor

From the 5th year on, Iuppiter conservator coins are continuously produced actually on antoninianuses;

The coins were base silver antoninianuses of Decius, coins that had not been in circulation for more than 200 years.[…]The gold are extremely rare, but choice specimens of the debased silver antoninianuses can be purchased for less than $100 each.

1980 July 27, Edward C. Rochette, “Coin Roundup…”, in The Indianapolis Star, section 5, page 4:

Whether you enjoy coins for their beauty, history, romance, or antiquity, these ancient Roman antoninianuses are sure to please.

1985 January, “Treasures of the Roman Empire”, in Special Coin Letter, number 1005, page 5:

(historical, numismatics) A silver coin used during the Roman Empire, equal to two denarii.


vatu

The unit of currency is the vatu (VUV) with no minor unit. There are coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 50 and 100 vatu, and notes of 100, 500, 1,000 and 5,000 vatu. In March 1996 UK£1 = 172 vatu; US$1 = 113 vatu and DM1 = 76.38 vatu.

1998, Ademuni Odeke, Bareboat Charter (Ship) Registration, page 355:

In November 1998 the Reserve Bank reintroduced the SRD^([Statutory Reserve Deposit]) at the rate of 10 percent on vatu deposits and reduced the PRA^([Prescribed Reserve Asset]) to 6 percent.

2000, International Monetary Fund, IMF Staff Country Report 00/129 Vanuatu - Recent Economic Developments, page 14:

2007, Island States: Small Island States Handbook, Volume 1: Development Strategy and Programs, International Business Publications, USA, page 145,
One estimate in 2007 for the total value of cattle heads sold was 135 million vatu; cattle were first introduced into the area from Australia by British planter James Paddon.


angolar

/ˌæŋɡəˈlɑː(ɹ)/

A former currency of Angola between 1926 and 1958, divided into 100 centavos.


semuncia

(historical) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one twenty-fourth of an as.


metical

/ˌmɛtɪˈkɑːl/

Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal

The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos.


dupondius

Latin dupondius, literally "two-pounder".

(historical) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, equal to two asses.


perper

The coinage consists of copper pieces of 1 (jedna) para or heller and 2 (dwe) paras; nickel pieces of 10 (desset) and 20 (dwadesset) paras; silver pieces of 1 (jedan) perper or krone and 5 (pet) perpera; and gold pieces of 10, 20, and 100 perpera.

1911, Austria-Hungary: With Excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest: Handbook for Travellers, page 412:

New coins as follows—[…]Montenegro, King Nicholas, one and two perpera.

F. Wieser informs further, that Montenegro issued paper money (currency notes) in 1912 in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 50 and 100 perpera for an amount of two million perpera. The second issue was of July 1914 in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 perpera, and again in July 1914 and December 1915 new currency notes in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 perpera. During the war the value of the paper perper was fixed at 50 Austrian hellers.

1967, A Survey of Numismatic Research 1960-1965, page 65:

A former currency of Montenegro between 1906 and 1918, divided into 100 para.


santim

en-noun

santim (plural santims or santimi or santimu)

santims (plural)
santimi (plural)
santimu (plural)

From Latvian santīms, from French centime.

A subunit of Latvian currency. 100 santims equal a lat.


santim

From Arabic سَنْتِيم (santīm), from French centime. Doublet of centime.

A subunit of Moroccan currency. 100 santims equal a dirham.


santim

From Amharic ሳንቲም (santim), from French centime.

A subunit of Ethiopian currency. 100 santims equal a birr.


quadrigatus

From Latin quadrīgātus, from quadrīgae (“four-horse team”).

A medium-sized silver coin minted by the Roman Republic during the 3rd century B.C..


budju

(historical) The monetary unit of Algeria until 1848, equivalent to 24 muzuna.


kronenthaler

(historical) The currency unit of the Austrian Netherlands (modern Belgium), valued at 254 liards.


Conventionsthaler

(obsolete) A silver coin minted in the time of the Holy Roman Empire.


peso ley

(historical) The currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983.


litas

The former currency or money of Lithuania, divided into 100 centai.


rixdollar

From obsolete forms of Dutch rijksdaalder.

(historical) An obsolete currency used in much of continental Europe, as well as some Dutch colonies (even after they had become British).


fyrk

From Swedish fyrk, from Middle Low German vêreken, from ver/vier (“four”).

(historical) The monetary unit of Sweden between the 15th and 17th centuries, valued at between one-sixth and one-half of an öre.


Vereinsthaler

The monetary unit of the Kingdom of Hannover from 1857 to 1866.


öre

Borrowed from Swedish öre, from Latin aureus (“a Roman coin; golden”). Doublet of aureus, eyrir, øre, and oyra.

A Swedish unit of currency that makes up the krona. 100 öre equals one krona.


kroon

From Estonian kroon (“crown”). Doublet of crown and corona.

The former currency of Estonia, divided into 100 senti.


tallero

From Italian tallero, from German Thaler (“dollar”).

The monetary unit of Eritrea from 1890 to 1921, equal to 5 lire.


argenteus

Borrowed from Latin argenteus (“of silver”).

A silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples.


quinarius

A small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic, equal to half of a denarius.


victoriatus

A silver coin, stamped with an image of Victory, minted during the Roman Republic, and valued at half a denarius.


hryvnia

From Ukrainian гри́вня (hrývnja). Doublet of grivna and grzywna.

The currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas.


fillér

A subdenomination of the forint, 100 fillér = 1 forint; only used in calculations since 2000 due to the inflation.


abazi

Borrowed from Georgian აბაზი (abazi). Doublet of abbasi.

(numismatics) The monetary unit of Georgia until 1833, divided 40 puli.


denar

Borrowed from Macedonian денар (denar), from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denarius, denier, dinar, dinero, and dinheiro.

doublet

The currency of North Macedonia, divided into 100 deni.


speciedaler

Denmark's currency during the eighteenth century is somewhat involved. The speciedalers and reisedalers were the equivalent of 6 marks; the krone of 4 marks.

1948, The Numismatist, volume 61, page 572:

(historical) A Norwegian coin minted from 1816 to 1875, divided into 120 skilling.


roepiah

The monetary unit issued in Japanese-occupied Netherlands Indies in 1944 and 1945.


abasi

PERSIA. / In this empire of Asia, accounts are kept in tomans, each toman consisting of 1000 dinars-bisti, each of which is 12 dinars. The toman is divided into 50 abasis, 100 mamudis, 20 zaejiers, 1000 dinars-bisti, 2000 kabesquis, or 10000 dinar*. ... Silver monies are generally reckoned by bags of 50 tomans, or 2500 abasis, 100 mamudis of Avesa, or Avisa

1818, Christopher Dubost, The elements of commerce, page 405:

(numismatics) The monetary unit of Afghanistan during the 19th century, valued at 1/3 of a rupee.


obolus

From Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós), from ὀβελός (obelós). Doublet of obole and pul.

A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.

Dav. […] And after that I met the boy of Chremes
With fishes, and an obolus of herbs.

1870, John Benson Coles Rose, Comedies of Publius Terentius Afer, Andria, Act II, sc. 2, page 21

(historical) A unit of weight, equal to one-sixth of a drachma.


obolus

The Globe editors have marked it with the obolus according to their explanation in the preface: "Whenever a lacuna occurs too great to be filled out with any approach to certainty by conjecture, we have marked the passage with an obolus (†)".

1914, Charles David Stewart, “The Principles of Government”, in Some Textual Difficulties in Shakespeare, page 27:


kwanza

Named after the Kwanza (Cuanza) River in Angola.

The currency of Angola, symbol Kz, divided into a hundred cêntimos.


triens

A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic valued at 4 unciae.


cupon

(historical) The currency of Moldova between 1992 and 1993.


talonas

(historical) The currency of Lithuania from 1991 to 1993.


pitis

A monetary unit of Brunei (minted until 1868) and Palembang. Coins were typically tin. Coins with central holes were called "pitis teboh". Unholed coins were called "pitis bountou".


pataca

The second bridge between Macao and Iiha^([sic – meaning Ilha]) da Taipa, which is estimated to have a construction cost of 400 million patacas, will provide a four-lane traffic flow as well as a direct connection with Chu-hai City.

1989 December 6 [1989 October 16], Ta-hung Li, quoting Carlos Melancia, “Exclusive Interview With Governor Carlos Melancia”, in JPRS Report China, number 89-115, Joint Publications Research Service, page 88, column 2:

Macau’s gross gaming revenue rose to 34.6 billion pataca ($4.3 billion) in the first quarter, up 95% from a year earlier, according to data released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau on April 1. That compares with 76.2 billion pataca in the first quarter of 2019.

2023 April 14, Katrina Hamlin, “Macau reinvention is a big roll of the dice”, in Una Galani, Thomas Shum, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-04-15, Breakingviews:

The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.

A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large coppern coin.

A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.


somalo

(historical) The currency of Italian Somaliland from 1950 to 1962, divided into 100 centesimi.


koruna

en-noun

koruna (plural korun or korunas or koruny)

korun (plural)
korunas (plural)
koruny (plural)

From Czech and Slovak koruna; cognate with krone and German Krone. Doublet of corona, crown, korona, krona, króna, and krone.

doublet

(historical) The currency of the former Czechoslovakia, divided into 100 hellers.

The currency of the Czech Republic, divided into 100 hellers.

The former currency of Slovakia, divided into 100 haliers.


colón

Learned borrowing from Spanish colón after Christopher Columbus, or Cristóbal Colón.

The former currency of El Salvador, divided into 100 centavos (cents), now replaced by the American dollar.


forint

From Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (“florin, former currency of Tuscany”). Doublet of florin.

der

Better yet, there were no cover charges, and we didn’t bother to order drinks in half the spots. So, despite having a Slovak beer and shots of both the traditional Hungarian fruit spirit palinka and the bittersweet digestif Unicum, the entire evening cost 2,000 forints, under $10.

2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times:

The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér.


thaler

dollar

From German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, after Sankt Joachimsthal, the German city in which some of the earliest thalers were minted in 1518. Doublet of tolar.

(historical, numismatics) A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.

(historical, numismatics) The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer.


laari

A former currency of Maldives until 1913.