| 释义 |
‖ toea, n.|ˈtojə|
Pl. unchanged and -s.
[a. Motu, lit. ‘cone-shaped shell, shell armlet’ (formerly used as currency).]
A monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, worth one-hundredth of a kina, introduced in 1975; a bronze coin of this denomination.
1974Pacific Islands Monthly Apr. 1/2 Papua New Guinea's new currency will be known as Kina and Toea... Both designations refer to types of shell money used before the arrival of Europeans in PNG. 1976Collier's Encycl. Yearbk. 1975 398 The kina, which is divided into 100 toeas, will circulate with the Australian dollar, to which it is equivalent, until the end of the year. 1982Financial Times 15 Jan. 22/1 Bougainville lowered its interim dividend to 2 toea (1.5 p). 1990Tea & Coffee Trade Jrnl. Mar. 36/2 A mechanism..triggers a stabilization levy deduction at a rate of 50 toea in every Kina above a predetermined threshold price. |