piastre
/piˈæstər/
noun
- A unit of money used in several countries, such as Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon, equal to one hundredth of a pound.
- The price of a loaf of bread in Cairo is just a few piastres.
- The taxi driver asked for fifty piastres for the short ride.
- She found an old coin worth one piastre in her grandfather's collection.
- A historical silver coin used in the Ottoman Empire and other regions.
- Merchants in the old port would trade goods for Spanish piastres.
- The museum displayed a piastre from the 18th century Ottoman Empire.
- He read about how the piastre was once a common currency in the Mediterranean.