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1. (n.) piaster
a monetary unit of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, equal to
2. piaster
the former peso or dollar of Spain and Spanish America.
Etymology: (1605–15; < F piastre < It piastra thin sheet of metal, silver coin (short for piastra d'argento, lit., plate of silver), akin to piastroplaster)
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1. (noun) piaster, piastre
a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria
2. (noun) kurus, piaster, piastre
100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
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1. (noun) Piaster
a silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents
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