satangn.
/saˈtaŋ/, U.S. /səˈtɑŋ/ A monetary unit of Thailand, introduced in 1897, equivalent to one-hundredth of a baht; a coin of this value.
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1908 tr. in Bangkok Times Weekly Mail 27 Nov. 2/3 The tical shall be divided into one hundred satang.
1921 E. A. Powell Where Strange Trails go Down x. 219 For a satang—a coin equivalent to about a quarter of a cent—you can purchase a bowl of rice.
1932 R. Le May tr. Royal Proclam. in Coinage Siam iii. v. 116 Now the system of keeping accounts is to be changed to a decimal one, reducing the number of columns to two only, viz. bāt and satang. The value of a satang is to be a hundredth part of a bāt.
1985 Statesman's Year-bk. 1985–6 1172 Only nickel, copper, tin and bronze coins are now minted, in denominations of 1, 5 baht, 50, 25, 10 and 5 satang.
2008 C. Pinit Bangkok Boy viii. 106 A night of partying would see every last satang spent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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