Definition of Piastre. Meaning of Piastre. Synonyms of Piastre

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Definition of Piastre

Piastre
Piastre Pi*as"tre, n. See Piaster.

Meaning of Piastre from wikipedia

- The piastre or piaster (English: /piˈæstər/) is any of a number of units of currency. The term originates from the Italian for "thin metal plate". The...
- Egypt. It is divided into 100 piastres, or qirsh (قرش [ʔerʃ]; plural قروش [ʔʊˈruːʃ]; abbreviation: PT (short for "piastre tarif")) and was historically...
- The piastre (Egyptian: ersh, قرش) was the currency of Egypt until 1834. It was subdivided into 40 para, each of 3 akçe. The piastre was based on the Turkish...
- The piastre de commerce ("trade piastre") was the currency of French Indochina between 1887 and 1954. It was first used in 1885. It was subdivided into...
- into 100 centimes. It replaced the tical and was replaced by the piastre. The piastre was introduced in French Indochina in 1885 at par with the Spanish-American...
- Ottoman lira replaced the piastre (Turkish: kuruş) as the prin****l unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire, with the piastre continuing to circulate as...
- Lebanese piastreLebanon Libyan piastreLibya Ottoman Turkish piastreOttoman Empire Sudanese piastre Syrian piastreSyria Turkish piastre – Turkey...
- South Vietnam, having replaced the previously used French Indochinese piastre. Formerly, it was subdivided into 10 hao (hào), which were further subdivided...
- the Latin alphabet. In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre. Today the kuruş (pl. kuruşlar) is a Turkish currency subunit, with one...
- accepted in Brunei. One jiao equals ten fen. One piastre equals ten fulūs and one dirham equals 10 piastres. According to Article 4 of the 1994 Paris Protocol...