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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun piaster has 2 senses
- piaster(n = noun.quantity) piastre - a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria; Array is a kind of fractional monetary unit, subunit
- piaster(n = noun.quantity) kurus, piastre - 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey; Array is a kind of turkish monetary unit
is a part of egyptian pound, pound, lebanese pound, pound, pound, sudanese pound, pound, syrian pound
is a part of lira, turkish lira
has parts: asper
CIDE DICTIONARY
piaster, n. [F. piastre, It. piastra a thin plate of metal, a dollar, LL. piastra, fr. L. emplastrum. See Plaster.].
A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents. [1913 Webster]