Piaster
Übersetzung von "piaster" ins Russisch
piaster
SubstantivUK
/pɪˈæstə/
US
/pɪˈæstər/
piaster
piasters Pl.
The merchant asked for ten piasters for the fabric.
Торговец попросил десять пиастров за ткань.
Definitionen
piaster
SubstantivUK
/pɪˈæstə/
US
/pɪˈæstər/
A fractional monetary unit equal to one hundredth of the pound or lira in several countries, especially Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, and South Sudan.
In Egypt, a loaf of bread costs about 50 piasters.
A former silver coin and unit of account of the Ottoman Empire and its successor states.
Travellers in the 19th-century Levant often paid for meals with a single piaster.
Historical: a Spanish piece of eight or peso formerly circulating in the Americas and the Caribbean.
Pirates coveted the Spanish piaster for its high silver content.
piaster
AdjektivUK
/pɪˈæstə/
US
/pɪˈæstər/
Relating to or denominated in piasters.
He showed me a piaster coin minted in 1898.
Redewendungen und Phrasen
Egyptian piaster
He exchanged his dollars for Egyptian piasters.
египетский пиастр
Он обменял свои доллары на египетские пиастры.
spend a piaster
She didn't spend a piaster while traveling through Cairo.
потратить пиастр
Она не потратила ни одного пиастра, путешествуя по Каиру.
worth a piaster
That souvenir isn't worth a piaster.
стоить пиастр
Этот сувенир не стоит пиастра.
pay in piasters
He offered to pay in piasters for the taxi ride.
платить в пиастрах
Он предложил заплатить за поездку на такси в пиастрах.
Syrian piaster
The prices were listed in Syrian piasters.
сирийский пиастр
Цены были указаны в сирийских пиастрах.