Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of currency equal to one one-thousandth of the dinar in Libya and Sudan.
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- noun A unit of
currency used with varying value in many Arabic countries, includingMorocco , theUnited Arab Emirates ,Libya andQatar .
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- noun worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils
- noun the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 fils
- noun 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia
- noun the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes
- noun 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar
- noun 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya
Etymologies
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Examples
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A dirham is a coin nearly equal in value to sixpence of our money.
Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers William Alexander Clouston 1869
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The local currency is the dirham, which is pegged at AED 3.67 to 1 US dollar.
WN.com - Articles related to Emirates becomes first Arab airline to operate Czech Republic route 2010
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The local currency is the dirham, which is pegged at AED 3.67 to 1 US dollar.
WN.com - Articles related to Dubai's non-oil trade grows to Dh136 billion 2010
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The local currency is the dirham, which is pegged at AED 3.67 to 1 US dollar.
WN.com - Articles related to Dubai's non-oil trade grows to Dh136 billion 2010
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We were told that half a dirham was the usual tip for this job and were directed to another fellow who would help us.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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"They are very sensitive to their currency and they think that the dirham is a national currency and they are not ready either to give it away or let it be used by other countries."
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The local currency is the dirham, which is pegged at AED 3.67 to 1 US dollar.
WN.com - Articles related to Emirates becomes first Arab airline to operate Czech Republic route 2010
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We were told that half a dirham was the usual tip for this job and were directed to another fellow who would help us.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The developer of man-made island communities The Palm and The World issued the first 3.8 billion dirham portion of the bond to creditors at a 10% coupon in August 2011.
U.A.E. Banks Dip Back Into Real Estate Tahani Karrar-Lewsley 2012
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Nakheel's 4.8 billion dirham sukuk, or Islamic bond, is another example.
U.A.E. Banks Dip Back Into Real Estate Tahani Karrar-Lewsley 2012
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November 28, 2017