n. A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of currency, originally worth eight real.
n. A form of currency originally used in the Ottoman Empire, and now used in the Middle Eastern countries of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria.
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n. See piaster.
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n. a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria
n. 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
Word Usage
"But the piastre is a name for coins of very different kinds; there are, for instance, the Government, the bazaar, the current, and the copper piastre, all and each of them representing completely different values."