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| afghani | an Afghan monetary unit. |
| agora | a monetary unit of Israel. Pl. AGOROT, AGOROTH. Also, in ancient Athens, the market-place where debates were held. Pl. AGORAS or AGORAE. |
| anna | a coppery Indian/Pakistani coin. |
| antoninianus | a Roman coin equal to two denarii in value: ANTONINIANUSES. [From Antoninus, official name of the 3c emperor Caracalla]. |
| ariary+ | a currency of Madagascar. No -S. |
| as | a Roman copper coin. Pl. ASSES. [N.B. can also be a Norse god, with pl. AESIR, and a ridge of gravel, with pl. ASAR]. |
| asper | a Turkish monetary unit, worth 1/120 of a piastre, formerly a silver coin, now only money of account. [Gk. aspros, rough, later white]. |
| att | a monetary unit of Laos. Pl. ATT: no -S hook! |
| aureus | a gold coin of ancient Rome. Pl. AUREI. |
| austral | a monetary unit in Argentina. Pl. AUSTRALS or AUSTRALES. |
| avo | a monetary unit of Macao. Pl. AVOS. |
| baht bhat+ | the basic monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 SATANGS. |
| baiza | a monetary unit of Oman. [Arabic from Hindi paisa]. |
| balboa | the monetary unit of Panama. [From Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c.1475–1519), Sp. explorer and discoverer of the Pacific Ocean]. |
| ban | a Romanian monetary unit. Pl. BANI. |
| bekah | half a SHEKEL. |
| belga | a former monetary unit of Belgium. |
| bezant bezzant byzant | a gold coin first struck at Byzantium or Constantinople; in heraldry, a small charge like this. |
| bhat+ | see BAHT. |
| birr | (Amharic) the monetary unit of Ethiopia. Pl. BIRROTCH. Also (Scots) to make a whirring noise: BIRRS, BIRRED, BIRRING. |
| bolivar | the standard monetary unit of Venezuela. [From Simon Bolivar, 1783 - 1830]. Pl. BOLIVARS or BOLIVARES. |
| boliviano | a Bolivian dollar. Pl. BOLIVIANOS. |
| buck | a dollar. |
| bugsha buqsha | a monetary unit of Yemen. |
| butut | a monetary unit of Gambia. |
| cardecu cardecue | an old French silver coin. [Fr. quart d'ecu]. |
| cartwheel | a large coin, esp. a silver dollar. |
| cash | a small Eastern coin. [Port. caiza]. |
| cedi | a Ghanaian monetary unit, equal to 100 PESEWAS. Pl. CEDIS. |
| cent | a coin worth 1/100th of a DOLLAR. |
| centas+ | the monetary unit of Lithuania, worth 1/100th of a LITAS: CENTAI. |
| centavo | a Portugese coin and monetary unit, one hundredth of the standard unit of currency. Pl. CENTAVOS. |
| centesimo | a copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime. Pl. CENTESIMI or CENTESIMOS. |
| centime | one hundredth of a FRANC. |
| centimo | a coin and monetary unit of Spain and South America, one hundredth of the standard unit of currency. Pl. CENTIMOS. |
| centu+ | a Lithuanian monetary unit: CENTU. No -S. |
| chao hao | a monetary unit of Vietnam. Pl. is CHAO and HAO – no –S hook (but CHAOS, of course, is valid in its own right). |
| chervonets+ | a former Soviet monetary unit or gold coin, worth ten roubles. |
| chetrum | a monetary unit of Bhutan. |
| chiao jiao | a Chinese monetary unit, one tenth of a YUAN. The pl. of CHIAO is CHIAO: no -S hook! But JIAO can take an –S hook in SOWPODS (but not in TWL). |
| chon | a Korean monetary unit. Pl. CHON or CHONS. |
| colon | a monetary unit of Costa Rica. Pl. COLONES or COLONS. Also COLONE. |
| colone | a monetary unit of Costa Rica. [From Cristobal Colon]. |
| condor | a Chilean coin. [Sp. cóndor from Quechua kuntur]. Pl. CONDORS or CONDORES. |
| conto | a Portugese and Brazilian monetary unit worth 1000 escudos. Pl. CONTOS. |
| copeck kopeck kopek | a Russian monetary unit. One hundred copecks make a ROUBLE. |
| cordoba | the standard monetary unit of Nicaragua. |
| crusado | an old Portuguese monetary unit. Pl. CRUSADOES or CRUSADOS. Cf. CRUZADO. |
| cruzado | the former monetary unit of Brazil, replaced by the CRUZEIRO. Pl. CRUZADOS or CRUZADOES. Cf. CRUSADO. |
| cruzeiro | the standard monetary unit of Brazil, that replaced the CRUZADO. Pl. CRUZEIROS. |
| dalasi | a Gambian monetary unit. Pl. DALASIS. |
| daric | a gold coin of ancient Persia. [From Darius, King of Persia]. |
| decime | a French coin, the tenth part of a FRANC, equal to about two cents. |
| denar+ | a monetary unit of Macedonia: DENARI or DENARS. |
| denarius | a Roman coin. Pl. DENARII. |
| deni+ | one hundredth part of a DENAR: DENIS. |
| denier | an old French silver coin of small value. |
| derham dirham dirhem | the monetary unit of Morocco. |
| didrachm didrachma | a two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin. |
| dime | the tenth part of an American and Canadian dollar, 10 cents. |
| dinar | a monetary unit in Yugoslavia. [L. denarius]. |
| dinero | a former silver coin of Peru. Pl. DINEROS. |
| diobol diobolon | a coin of ancient Greece. |
| diram+ | a monetary unit of Tajikistan: DIRAMS. |
| disme | a U.S. 10-cent coin struck in 1792. |
| dobla | a former monetary unit of Spain, a gold coin. Also DOBLON. |
| doblon | a former monetary unit of Spain, a gold coin. Pl. DOBLONS or DOBLONES. Also DOBLA. |
| dobra | a former monetary unit of Portugal, a gold coin. |
| dollar | an American unit of currency. |
| dollarise+ dollarize+ | to replace a country's currency with the US dollar. |
| doubloon | an obsolete Spanish gold coin. |
| drachm | a Greek monetary unit. Also DRACHMA. |
| drachma | a Greek monetary unit. Pl. DRACHMAS, DRACHMAE or DRACHMAI. Also DRACHM. |
| ducat | a gold or silver coin of varying values, formerly much used on the Continent. |
| ducatoon | an old silver coin in Venice and elsewhere. |
| dupondius | a Roman coin. Pl. DUPONDII. |
| duro | a Spanish silver dollar. Pl. DUROS. |
| eagle | a gold coin of the US having an eagle on the reverse, and usually having a value of 10 dollars. |
| ecu | the European monetary unit; also a former French coin, so called because of the shield that appeared on it. |
| ekpwele | a former standard monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea. Pl. EKPWELES. Also EKUELE. |
| ekuele | a former standard monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea. Note plural: EKUELE (despite EKPWELES). Also EKPWELE. |
| escudo | a Portugese monetary unit. Pl. ESCUDOS. |
| euro | the official currency unit, divided into 100 cents, of the member countries of the European Union. |
| eurobond+ | a bond issued in a euro currency. |
| eurocreep+ | the gradual introduction of the EURO into use in Britain. |
| eurodollar+ | a U.S. dollar as part of a European holding. |
| eyrir | a monetary unit of Iceland. Pl. AURAR. |
| fen | a Chinese monetary unit, 1/10 of a YUAN. |
| finmark finnmark | a monetary unit of Finland. |
| follis | a coin of ancient Rome. Pl. FOLLES. |
| forint | a Hungarian monetary unit. [Hung. from Ital. fiorino, florin]. |
| franc | a French unit of currency. |
| fugio | a former USA coin. Pl. FUGIOS. |
| gopik+ | a monetary unit of Azerbaijan: GOPIK. No -S. |
| gourde | a monetary unit of Cuba, Haiti etc., a silver dollar. |
| greenback | a monetary note issued by the US Government; gen. the US dollar. |
| groschen | a small German monetary unit. |
| grosz | a Polish monetary unit, 1/100 of a ZLOTY. 1 GROSZ, 2, 3 or 4 GROSZE, 5 or more GROSZY. |
| guarani | a monetary unit of Paraguay. Pl. GUARANIS or GUARANIES. |
| guilder gulden | a Dutch monetary unit, a silver coin worth about forty cents. |
| halala halalah | a Saudi Arabian monetary unit. [Arabic halal, lawful]. |
| haler | a monetary unit of the Czech republic. Pl. HALERS or HALERU. Also HELLER. |
| hao | see CHAO. |
| heller | a Czech monetary unit. Pl. HELLERS. Also HALER. |
| hryvna+ hryvnia+ hryvnya+ | the standard monetary unit of the Ukraine, divided into 100 kopiykas: HRYVNYAS. Also HRYVNA, HRYVNIA. |
| hwan | a monetary unit of S. Korea. Pl. HWAN: no -S hook. |
| inti | the standard monetary unit of Peru, equal to 100 céntimos. [Sp. f. Quechua ynti sun, the Inca sun god]. Pl. INTIS. |
| jane | a small silver Genoese coin. |
| jeon | a monetary unit of S. Korea. Pl. JEON: no -S hook! |
| jiao | see CHIAO. |
| joannes johannes | an obsolete Portuguese gold coin, named from the figure of King John which it bears. Pl. JOANNES or JOANNESES, JOHANNES or JOHANNESES. |
| jun | a coin of North Korea. Pl. JUN: no -S hook. |
| khoum | a monetary unit of Mauretania. |
| kip | a Laotian monetary unit; (verb) to sleep, have a nap. |
| koban kobang obang | an obsolete Japanese gold coin. |
| kobo | a monetary unit of Nigeria: KOBOS+ [Nigerian version of English copper]. |
| kopiyka+ | a monetary unit of Ukraine, worth a hundredth part of a HRYVNA: KOPIYKAS. |
| koruna | a Czech monetary unit. Pl. KORUN, KORUNAS or KORUNY. |
| krona | an Icelandic monetary unit. Pl. KRONUR or KRONOR. |
| krone | a Norwegian monetary unit. Pl. KRONER or KRONEN. |
| kroon | an Estonian monetary unit. Pl. KROONS or KROONI. |
| krugerrand | a S. African coin, used for investment, containing one troy oz. of fine gold. |
| kuna+ | the standard monetary unit of Croatia, divided into 100 LIPA: KUNE. |
| kwacha | a monetary unit of Malawi and Zambia. [Bantu kwacha, dawn]. l. KWACHAS. |
| kwanza | the standard monetary unit of Angola. Pl. KWANZAS. |
| kyat | the standard Burmese monetary unit, equal to 100 PYAS. |
| laari, lari, laree | a monetary unit of the Maldives. Pl. LAARIS+, LARIS, LAREES. |
| lat | a former monetary unit of Latvia. Pl. LATS, LATI or LATU+. |
| lek | (noun) an Albanian monetary unit. Pl. LEKS or LEKU; (verb) of blackcocks, to gather or display: LEKKED, LEKKING{#). |
| lempira | the standard monetary unit of Honduras. [From the name of a native chief]. |
| leone | the standard monetary unit of Sierra Leone. |
| lepton | a small Greek monetary unit. Pl. LEPTA. Also, a type of subatomic particle, pl. LEPTONS. |
| leu ley | a Romanian monetary unit. [Romanian leu, lion]. Pl. LEI. |
| lev lew | a Bulgarian monetary unit. [Bulgarian lev, lion]. Pl. LEVA. |
| liang | a Chinese unit of weight or currency. |
| liard | an old French coin of low value. |
| likuta | a monetary unit of Zaire. Pl. MAKUTA. |
| lilangeni | the standard monetary unit of Swaziland. Pl. EMALANGENI. [Bantu, f. li- sing. pref. (ema- pl. pref.) + -langeni member of royal family]. |
| lipa+ | a monetary unit of Croatia: LIPE. |
| lira | an Italian unit of currency. Pl. LIRE or LIRAS. Also a Maltese unit of currency, with plural LIRI. |
| lit | a former monetary unit of Lithuania. Pl. LITS. Also LITAS. |
| litas | a former monetary unit of Lithuania. Pl. LITAI or LITU. Also LIT. |
| livre | an obsolete French coin, replaced by the franc. |
| loti | a monetary unit of Lesotho. Pl. MALOTI. |
| louis | a former gold coin of France. |
| luma+ | a monetary unit of Armenia: LUMAS. |
| lwei | a monetary unit of Angola. |
| manat+ | a standard monetary unit of Azerbaijan, containing 100 GOPIK: MANATS. |
| maneh mina mna | a Greek unit of weight or money, equivalent to 100 drachmas. The pl. of MINA can be MINAS or MINAE. |
| maravedi | a small copper coin of Spain. |
| marka+ | the standard unit of currency in Bosnia-Herzegovina: MARKAS. |
| markka | the standard monetary unit of Finland. Pl. MARKKAS or MARKKAA. |
| metical | a monetary unit of Mozambique. Pl. METICALS or METICAIS. |
| mil | a Cypriot coin. Pl. MILS. |
| milesimo | a former monetary unit of Chile. Pl. MILESIMOS. |
| millieme | a coin representing one thousandth of the basic unit of currency, as in Egypt. |
| millime | a monetary unit of Tunisia. Cf. MILLIEME. |
| milreis | a former Portuguese coin superseded by the ESCUDO. Pl. MILREIS. |
| mohur | a Persian gold coin. [Persian mohr]. |
| moidore | a Portuguese gold coin current in England in the first half of the 18th century. [Port. moeda d'ouro coin of gold]. |
| naira | a monetary unit of Nigeria. |
| nakfa+ | the standard currency unit of Eritrea: NAKFAS. |
| napoleon | an obsolete French gold coin of twenty francs. |
| ngultrum | the standard monetary unit of Bhutan. Pl. NGULTRUMS. |
| ngwee | a Zambian monetary unit, the hundredth part of a KWACHA. Pl. NGWEE: no -S hook!. |
| nickel | a US coin worth five cents; (verb) to plate with nickel: NICKELED/NICKELLED. |
| obang | see KOBAN. |
| obol | a Greek coin. |
| obole | a mediaeval French coin. |
| obolus | in the Middle Ages, various small coins including a halfpenny. Pl. OBOLI. Cf. OBOL. |
| ostmark | the standard monetary unit of the DDR, prior to reunification. |
| ouguiya | a monetary unit of Mauritania: OUGUIYAS+ |
| pahlavi | a gold Iranian coin. Pl. PAHLAVIS. |
| paisa | an Indian coin, 1/100 of a RUPEE. Pl. PAISE or PAISAS. |
| paolo | an old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents. Pl. PAOLI. |
| para | a small Turkish coin. [Turkish parah]. |
| pataca | a monetary unit of Macau. |
| peag peage | wampum; beads used as money. |
| pengo | a former monetary unit of Hungary. [Lit. 'ringing']. Pl. PENGOS. |
| penni | a Finnish monetary unit. Pl. PENNIS or PENNIA. |
| peseta | a unit of Spanish currency. |
| pesewa | a Ghanaian monetary unit. |
| peso | a Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian, etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound weight. |
| pfennig | a small copper coin of Germany, the hundredth part of a mark. Pl. PFENNIGE or PFENNIGS. Also PFENNING. |
| pfenning | a small copper coin of Germany, the hundredth part of a mark. Pl. PFENNINGS. Also PFENNIG. |
| piaster piastre | a North African monetary unit. |
| picayune | a silver 5-cent coin struck by the U.S. mint from 1792-1873: a half dime; (fig.) something trivial: not worth a picayune. |
| pice | an Indian coin, 1/4 anna. Pl. PICE - no -S hook. [Hindi paisa]. |
| piso | a Philippines monetary unit. Pl. PISOS. |
| pistareen | an old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents. |
| poisha | a Bangladeshi monetary unit. Pl. POISHA: no -S hook! |
| portague portigue | a former Portuguese gold coin. |
| pruta prutah | an Israeli monetary unit. Pl. PRUTOT, PRUTOTH. |
| pul | a monetary unit of Afghanistan. Pl. PULS, PULI. |
| pula | the standard monetary unit in Botswana, = 100 THEBE. [Setswana, lit, rain, used as a greeting]. |
| punt | an Irish pound. |
| pya | a monetary unit of Burma. |
| qindar qintar quintar | a monetary unit of Albania, equal to one-hundredth of a LEK. The plural of QINDAR is QINDARS or QINDARKA; of QINTAR is QINTARS, of QUINTAR is QUINTARS. |
| quadrans | a fourth part of the coin called an AS. Pl. QUADRANTES. |
| quarter | a coin worth a quarter of a dollar, or 25 cents. |
| quetzal | the Guatemalan currency unit, 100 CENTAVOS. |
| qursh qurush | see GIRSH. |
| rand | a monetary unit of S.Africa; (verb) to rant. |
| rappen | a monetary unit of Switzerland. [Ger. 'raven']. Pl. RAPPEN: no -S hook! |
| real | a monetary unit in Brazil. Pl. REALS, REALES or REIS. |
| rei | an erroneous English form for an obsolete Portugese coin. |
| reichsmark | a German unit of currency. |
| renminbi | the currency of the People's Republic of China since 1948. |
| rial riyal | the unit of currency in Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia, aka RIYAL. RIAL is also an old English gold coin, aka RYAL. |
| riel | the basic monetary unit of Kampuchea. |
| rigsdaler+ rijksdaaler+ | a rix-dollar, a small Dutch silver coin. |
| ringgit | a monetary unit in Brunei. [Malay 'toothed']. |
| rouble ruble | a Russian monetary unit. |
| rubel+ | a currency unit of Belarus: RUBELS. |
| rufiyaa | a monetary unit of the Maldives. |
| rupee | an Indian unit of currency. |
| rupiah | the standard unit of currency of Indonesia. |
| santims | a former coin of Latvia. Pl. SANTIMI. |
| santimu+ | a former coin of Latvia: SANTIMU. No -S. Also SANTIMS. |
| satang | a monetary unit of Thailand, 1/100th of a BAHT. |
| sau | = XU, a Vietnamese coin. Pl. SAU: no -S hook! |
| sawbuck | a ten-dollar bill. |
| schilling | any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents. |
| scudo | a coin of silver or occas. gold formerly current in various Italian States. Pl. SCUDI. |
| semis | a coin of ancient Rome. [L. semis]. Pl. SEMISES. |
| semuncia | a Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound. Pl. SEMUNCIAE or SEMUNCIAS. |
| semuncial | relating to a SEMUNCIA, a Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound. |
| sen | a monetary unit of Japan. Pl. SEN or SENS. |
| sene | a monetary unit of Western Samoa. Pl. SENE: no -S hook! |
| sengi | a monetary unit of Zaire. Pl. SENGI: no -S hook! |
| seniti | a monetary unit of Tonga. Pl. SENITI: no -S hook! |
| sente | a monetary unit of Lesotho. Pl. LICENTE, LISENTE. |
| senti | a former monetary unit of Tanzania. Pl. SENTI: no -S hook! |
| sentimo | a monetary unit of the Philippines. Pl. SENTIMOS. |
| sequin | an old Italian gold coin. |
| serafin seraphin xerafin xeraphim | a former silver coin of Goa. |
| sesterce sestertius+ | a Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a DENARIUS. |
| sestertium | a Roman money of account equal to 1000 sesterces. Pl. SESTERTIA. |
| sextans | a Roman coin, the sixth part of an AS. Pl. SEXTANSES. |
| shekel sheqel | the standard unit of currency of Israel, worth 100 AGOROT. Pl. SHEKELS; SHEKALIM or SHEQELS+. |
| shilingi | a monetary unit of Tanzania. Pl. SHILINGI: no -S hook! |
| siglos | an ancient Persian coin. Pl. SIGLOI. |
| silverling | in the Bible, a small silver coin. |
| simoleon | a dollar. |
| skilling | an obsolete coin of Scandinavian countries, of small value. |
| sol | an old French coin, 1/20th of a LIVRE. |
| soldo | a former Italian coin, one twentieth of a lira. Pl. SOLDI. |
| solidus | a Roman gold coin, aka BEZANT; a mediaeval silver coin worth 12 denarii. Pl. SOLIDI. |
| som+ | the standard monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan: SOMS or SOMY. |
| somoni+ | the standard monetary unit of Tajikistan: SOMONI. No -S. |
| sou | a low-value French coin. |
| stater | an ancient Greek coin. |
| stella | a former coin of the United States. |
| stiver stuiver | a Dutch coin worth a penny or two; something of little value. |
| stotin+ | a monetary unit of Slovenia, worth one hundredth of a TOLAR: STOTINS or STOTINOV. |
| stotinka | a Bulgarian monetary unit, worth one hundredth of a LEV. Pl. STOTINKI. |
| sucre | a monetary unit of Ecuador, a silver coin worth 68 cents. [From Antonio Jose de Sucre]. |
| sycee | lumps of pure silver bearing the stamp of a banker or assayer and formerly used as money in China. |
| syli | a former monetary unit of Guinea. Pl. SYLIS. |
| tael | an Oriental denomination of money, also, a weight of one ounce and a third. [Malay tahil, weight]. |
| taka | a monetary unit of Bangladesh. |
| taler thaler | an obsolete German silver coin. |
| tambala | a Malawi monetary unit. [Nyanja 'cockerel']. Pl. TAMBALAS or MATAMBALA. |
| tenge+ | the standard monetary unit of Kazakhstan: TENGES. |
| testoon | a Portugese or Italian TESTON, a kind of coin. |
| tetradrachm | a unit of Greek currency. |
| tetri+ | a currency unit of Georgia: TETRIS. |
| thebe | a monetary unit of Botswana: THEBES+ |
| tical | an obsolete Siamese monetary unit. |
| tickey ticky | a former S. African coin, a threepenny bit. |
| toea | a monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, 1/100 of a KINA. |
| tolar+ | the standard monetary unit of Slovenia: TOLARS, TOLARJI or TOLARJEV. |
| toman | a former Persian gold coin and money of account, nominally worth 10,000 dinars. [Persian tuman]. |
| toonie+ twonie+ twoonie+ | a Canadian two-dollar coin: TWOONIES. Also TWONIE, TOONIE. |
| triens | a coin of ancient Rome. Pl. TRIENTES. |
| tughrik tugrik | a Mongolian monetary unit. |
| tyin+ tyiyn+ | a monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan. No -S. |
| uncia | an ancient Roman coin, so called because it was an ounce of silver. Pl. UNCIAE. |
| vatu | the monetary unit of Vanuatu. |
| vellon | old Spanish copper money. |
| wakiki | shell money. Pl. WAKIKIS. |
| won | the standard monetary unit of N. and S. Korea. Pl. WON. |
| xerafin xeraphim | see SERAFIN. |
| xu | a Vietnamese monetary unit. Pl. XU: no -S hook! |
| yuan | a Chinese monetary unit. |
| zack | an old Australian sixpence, now a five-cent piece. |
| zaire | the standard monetary unit of Zaire. Pl. ZAIRES. |
| zecchin zecchino zechin | a former Italian gold coin, aka SEQUIN. |
| zimbi | a kind of cowrie used as money. [Port. zimbo; of African origin]. Pl. ZIMBIS. |
| zloty | a former Polish monetary unit. [Polish zloty, gold]. Pl. ZLOTYS, ZLOTIES, ZLOTE or ZLOTYCH (1 ZLOTY, 2, 3 or 4 ZLOTE, 5 or more ZLOTYCH!). |
| zuz | an ancient Palestinian coin. Pl. ZUZIM. |