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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pi•as•ter (pē as′tər, -ä′stər),USA pronunciation n. - Currencya former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Currencya monetary unit of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, the 100th part of a pound.
- Currencya former monetary unit of South Vietnam: replaced by the dong in 1976.
- Currencythe former peso or dollar of Spain and Spanish America.
Also, pi•as′tre. - Italian piastra thin sheet of metal, silver coin (short for piastra d'argento, literally, plate of silver), akin to piastro plaster
- French piastre
- 1605–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: piastre, piaster /pɪˈæstə/ n - (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
Etymology: 17th Century: from French piastre, from Italian piastra d'argento silver plate; related to Italian piastro plaster |