drachma

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The primary unit of currency in Greece before the adoption of the euro.
2. n. An ancient Greek silver coin.
3. n. One of several modern units of weight, especially the dram.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The principal silver coin of the ancient Greeks. The drachma coined according to the Attic weight-system weighed(normally) 67.4 grains; the drachma of the Æginetic system weighed 97 grains; of the Græco - Asiatic, 56 grains; of the Rhodian, 60 grains; of the Babylonic, 84 grains; and of the Persian, 88 grains. Roughly speaking, the average value of the ancient drachma may be said to have been about the same as that of the modern one, or the French franc, but its purchasing power was considerably greater.
2. n. A silver coin of the modern kingdom of Greece, by law of the same value as the French franc, equal to 19.3 United States cents. It is divided into 100 lepta.
3. n. A weight among the ancient Greeks, being that of the silver coin. See drum.

Wiktionary

1. n. The currency of Greece from ancient times until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
2. n. A coin worth one drachma.
3. n. An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains.
4. n. A later Greek weight equal to a gram.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents (U. S. currency, ca. 1913).
2. n. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.
3. n. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. formerly the basic unit of money in Greece
2. n. a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains