pesewan.

Brit.

/pɛˈseɪwə/, U.S.

/peɪˈseɪwɑ/, West African English

/ˈpɛs(e)wa/

Inflections: Plural pesewas, unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Akan. Etymon: Akan pɛsewa.

Etymology: < Akan pɛsewa penny. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the pronunciation as (pesī·wă) /pɛˈsiːwə/.

A monetary unit of Ghana, introduced in 1965 and equivalent to one hundredth of a cedi.

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society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > other specific African

macute1704

pesewa1963

leone1964

cedi1965

kwacha1966

likuta1967

makuta1967

sengi1967

zaire1967

tambala1969

kobo1972

naira1972

lilangeni1974

birr1976

thebe1976

lwei1977

maloti1977

loti1979

metical1980

sente1980

1963 Times 23 Oct. 9/6 Ghana's decimal currency..will be based on a unit to be known as the cedi, which would be equivalent to 8s. 4d., and the pesewa, the equivalent of the present penny. The cedi would equal 100 pesewas.

1965 Times 14 July 11/7 All banks in Ghana will be closed from Thursday while the country switches over from pounds, shillings and pence to a decimal currency—cedis and pesewas.

1976 M. Birmingham Heat of Sun iv. 52 I paid him the few pesewas he asked.

1986 B. K. Laing Search Sweet Country x. 108 You will refund every pesewa if you resign.

1999 Africa (Nexis) 22 June 366 By the early 1980s, too, the cedi's subdivision, the pesewa, had ceased to exist for any practical purpose.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pesewa
释义	pesewan. Brit. /pɛˈseɪwə/, U.S. /peɪˈseɪwɑ/, West African English /ˈpɛs(e)wa/ Inflections: Plural pesewas, unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Akan. Etymon: Akan pɛsewa. Etymology: < Akan pɛsewa penny. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the pronunciation as (pesī·wă) /pɛˈsiːwə/. A monetary unit of Ghana, introduced in 1965 and equivalent to one hundredth of a cedi. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > other specific African macute1704 pesewa1963 leone1964 cedi1965 kwacha1966 likuta1967 makuta1967 sengi1967 zaire1967 tambala1969 kobo1972 naira1972 lilangeni1974 birr1976 thebe1976 lwei1977 maloti1977 loti1979 metical1980 sente1980 1963 Times 23 Oct. 9/6 Ghana's decimal currency..will be based on a unit to be known as the cedi, which would be equivalent to 8s. 4d., and the pesewa, the equivalent of the present penny. The cedi would equal 100 pesewas. 1965 Times 14 July 11/7 All banks in Ghana will be closed from Thursday while the country switches over from pounds, shillings and pence to a decimal currency—cedis and pesewas. 1976 M. Birmingham Heat of Sun iv. 52 I paid him the few pesewas he asked. 1986 B. K. Laing Search Sweet Country x. 108 You will refund every pesewa if you resign. 1999 Africa (Nexis) 22 June 366 By the early 1980s, too, the cedi's subdivision, the pesewa, had ceased to exist for any practical purpose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1963
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