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PIASTRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("piastre" is a kind of...):
Turkish monetary unit (monetary unit in Turkey)
Meronyms (parts of "piastre"):
asper (20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey)
Holonyms ("piastre" is a part of...):
lira; Turkish lira (the basic unit of money in Turkey)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria
Synonyms:
piaster; piastre
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("piastre" is a kind of...):
fractional monetary unit; subunit (a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit)
Holonyms ("piastre" is a part of...):
Egyptian pound; pound (the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters)
Lebanese pound; pound (the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters)
pound; Sudanese pound (the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters)
pound; Syrian pound (the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters)
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