piaster

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pē as′tər, -ä′stər)

pi•as•ter (pē as′tər, -ä′stər),USA pronunciation n.

Currencya former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
Currencya monetary unit of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, the 100th part of a pound.
Currencya former monetary unit of South Vietnam: replaced by the dong in 1976.
Currencythe former peso or dollar of Spain and Spanish America.

Also, pi•as′tre.

Italian piastra thin sheet of metal, silver coin (short for piastra d'argento, literally, plate of silver), akin to piastro plaster
French piastre
1605–15

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piastre, piaster /pɪˈæstə/ n

(formerly) the standard monetary unit of South Vietnam, divided into 100 cents
a fractional monetary unit of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, South Sudan, and Syria worth one hundredth of a pound
a rare word for piece of eight

Etymology: 17th Century: from French piastre, from Italian piastra d'argento silver plate; related to Italian piastro plaster

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