noun🔗ShareA Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of currency, originally worth eight real."The old map claimed the pirate treasure was worth five hundred piastres in 1780. "historyeconomyfinancevaluecommerceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA form of currency formerly used in the French-speaking parts of Canada."My great-grandmother often spoke of earning a few piastres selling homemade bread when she was a girl in Quebec. "worldfinanceeconomyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA form of currency formerly used in French Indochina.""My grandfather told stories of buying food in Vietnam with piastres when he was stationed there during the war." "worldeconomyfinancehistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA form of currency originally used in the Ottoman Empire, and now used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern countries of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Jordan, Libya, South Sudan, Turkey and Cyprus""The street vendor in Cairo gave me back five piastres in change after I bought a bottle of water." "worldeconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
