noun🔗SharePiastreA 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. "La vieille carte affirmait que le trésor des pirates valait cinq cents piastres en 1780.historyeconomyfinancevaluecommerceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePiastresA 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. "Mon arrière-grand-mère parlait souvent de gagner quelques piastres en vendant du pain fait maison quand elle était petite fille au Québec.worldfinanceeconomyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePiastresA 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." "Mon grand-père racontait comment il achetait de la nourriture au Vietnam avec des piastres lorsqu'il y était en poste pendant la guerre.worldeconomyfinancehistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePiastreA 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." "Le vendeur ambulant au Caire m'a rendu cinq piastres en monnaie après que j'ai acheté une bouteille d'eau.worldeconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
