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piasters

/piˈæstərz/

Meanings

noun

Examples :

"The small shop sold sweets for prices like 25 piasters each. "
La petite boutique vendait des bonbons à des prix comme 25 piastres chacun.
noun

Piastre

A 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

Examples :

""My grandfather remembers when a loaf of bread only cost a few piasters in Syria." "
Mon grand-père se souvient de l'époque où un pain ne coûtait que quelques piastres en Syrie.