| 单词 | piaster |
| 释义 | piaster /pee as"teuhr, -ah"steuhr/, n. 1. a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933. 2. a monetary unit of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, the 100th part of a pound. 3. a former monetary unit of South Vietnam: replaced by the dong in 1976. 4. the former peso or dollar of Spain and Spanish America. Also, piastre. [1605-15; < F piastre < It piastra thin sheet of metal, silver coin (short for piastra d'argento, lit., plate of silver), akin to piastro PLASTER] |
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