piaster

A noun referring to a fractional monetary unit used in several countries, including Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, or a subunit of the Turkish lira equivalent to 100 kurus.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa una unidad monetaria fraccionaria utilizada en varios países, como Egipto, Líbano, Sudán y Siria, o la subunidad de la lira turca, equivalente a 100 kurus.

1. Currency unit in Middle Eastern countries B2 formal

   A fractional monetary unit used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, typically equal to 1/100 of a pound.

   • The price of the souvenir was only a few piasters.
   • He exchanged his dollars for Egyptian pounds and piasters.
   • The old coin was worth 25 piasters.

   🇪🇸Piastra

   Sinónimos: piastre

2. Former Turkish currency unit B2 formal

   A former monetary unit in Turkey, equal to 1/100 of a lira (also known as kuruş).

   • In the past, one lira was divided into 100 piasters.
   • The antique shop sold a coin for 50 piasters.
   • He found a 10-piaster coin from the Ottoman era.

   🇪🇸Piastra turca

   Sinónimos: kuruspiastre

• piasters plural form
• piasters' possessive plural form
• piaster's possessive singular form