Example sentences from the Web for piastre

The rum of commerce (from 22 to 23 degrees) is sold at one Spanish piastre the gallon.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I|Karl Ritter von Scherzer
It was possible to hire a furnished room for forty piastres per month, the value of a piastre being about four and twopence.
A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas|Fanny Loviot
He is a bright, capable mozo, who would walk twenty miles on his hands to gain a piastre.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11, No. 22, January, 1873|Various
Then the Englishman stood up, gave me a piastre, and offered his arm to Carmen, as if she couldn't have walked alone.
Carmen|Prosper Merimee

The 1⁄40 of a piastre is popularly called a para and the native population generally reckon in paras.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1|Various

piastre

piaster

/ (pɪˈæstə) /

noun

(formerly) the standard monetary unit of South Vietnam, divided into 100 cents

a fractional monetary unit of Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria worth one hundredth of a pound; formerly also used in the Sudan

another name for kuruş

a rare word for piece of eight

Word Origin for piastre

C17: from French piastre, from Italian piastra d'argento silver plate; related to Italian piastro plaster

Words nearby piastre

piano wire, Piarist, pias., piassava, piaster, piastre, Piat, Piatigorsky, Piatra Neamt, Piauí, Piave

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单词	piastre
释义	Example sentences from the Web for piastre The rum of commerce (from 22 to 23 degrees) is sold at one Spanish piastre the gallon. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I\|Karl Ritter von Scherzer It was possible to hire a furnished room for forty piastres per month, the value of a piastre being about four and twopence. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas\|Fanny Loviot He is a bright, capable mozo, who would walk twenty miles on his hands to gain a piastre. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11, No. 22, January, 1873\|Various Then the Englishman stood up, gave me a piastre, and offered his arm to Carmen, as if she couldn't have walked alone. Carmen\|Prosper Merimee The 1⁄40 of a piastre is popularly called a para and the native population generally reckon in paras. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1\|Various piastre piaster / (pɪˈæstə) / noun (formerly) the standard monetary unit of South Vietnam, divided into 100 cents a fractional monetary unit of Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria worth one hundredth of a pound; formerly also used in the Sudan another name for kuruş a rare word for piece of eight Word Origin for piastre C17: from French piastre, from Italian piastra d'argento silver plate; related to Italian piastro plaster Words nearby piastre piano wire, Piarist, pias., piassava, piaster, piastre, Piat, Piatigorsky, Piatra Neamt, Piauí, Piave Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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