piastre
Middle Eastern coin
A piastre is a monetary unit used historically across the Ottoman Empire and still current in some Middle Eastern countries, typically as a fractional unit worth one-hundredth of the main currency.
The term has also been applied to various coins in former French and Italian colonies.
Also spelled piaster.
Currency for transactions
- banknotesPaper currency notes
- cashReady spending funds
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- walletSmall case for currency
funds · transaction · deposit · withdrawal · savings · budget · expenditure · circulation
Military skydiver, briefly
- TurkeyTranscontinental Eurasian republic
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
- LevantEastern Mediterranean coastal region
- SyriaLevant country, capital Damascus
Lebanon · Sudan · Libya · colonial · bimetallic · Vietnam · Cambodia · Tunis
Aromatic culinary herb
- numismaticsStudy of currency
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
bronze · denomination · drachma · peso · lira · florin · ducat · guilder
One who sells wares
- bazaarOpen-air merchant district
- soukTraditional Arab market
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- commodityFungible traded good
barter · haggling · Mediterranean · remittance · moneychanger · customs · tariff · import
money
Currency for transactions
wallet · funds · transaction · deposit · withdrawal · savings · budget · expenditure · circulation · subdivision
para
Military skydiver, briefly
- TurkeyTranscontinental Eurasian republic
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
- LevantEastern Mediterranean coastal region
Syria · Lebanon · Sudan · Libya · colonial · bimetallic · Vietnam · Cambodia · Tunis
mint
Aromatic culinary herb
- numismaticsStudy of currency
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- silverLustrous white precious metal
copper · bronze · denomination · drachma · peso · lira · florin · ducat · guilder · shilling
merchant
One who sells wares
commodity · barter · haggling · Mediterranean · remittance · moneychanger · customs · tariff · import · export