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piaster |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Piaster \Pi*as"ter\, n. [F. piastre, It piastra a thin plate of metal, a dollar, LL piastra, fr L. emplastrum See {Plaster}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: piaster n 1: a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria [syn: {piastre}] 2: 100 kurus equal 1 lira [syn: {kuru}, {piastre}]
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