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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See Table at currency.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a rupee in various Asian countries.
  2. n. historical (British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to 1/64th of a rupee.
  3. n. A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Bangladeshi taka.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan

Etymologies

  1. From Hindi पैसा (paisā). (Wiktionary)
  2. Hindi paisā, from Sanskrit *padāṁśaḥ, quarter part : padam, foot, quarter (of a verse); + aṁśaḥ, portion. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “So, only in the case where your contract says that your termination charge is more than 20 paisa, that is only where you will get hit, so it is no easy to work out, however this will impact Bharti.”

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines

  • “When he does play with anything it is to caress lovingly the "paisa" or pieces of money that he last earned, not to improve his dexterity but because they will give him a good meal, a cup of arak, (or intoxicating liquor) and a long lazy sleep.”

    Indian Conjuring

  • “The government will take something, and then give you something, says the local big man, surrounded by his coterie of fawning cops and muscle men, and a reluctant compact is made between 'paisa' and 'jaan.”

    Top Headlines

  • “Its full paisa vasool especially for our parents generation as it is do to with their memories of villages where they grew up.”

    Vangya.cha Rassa DaNya.cha Koot Lavun

  • “Then Sopo, where the main dairy plant in this region exists (Antioquia has more dairy than Cundinamarca has, but I learned nothing of the paisa production).”

    The Cheese Run « Unknowing

  • “She and her family live in Pereira and so are considered “paisa.””

    6 A Colombian Family « Unknowing

  • “Even if regulations changed to allow voice over IP VOIP, it would be next to impossible for Reliance to match Airtel's incremental cost of producing one minute of voice--7 paisa!”

    Forbes: India's Telco Battle Pits Ambani Against Mittal

  • “In Kerala state in South India even small grocery stores in remote villages charge 25 paisa per plastic bag.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Bag Tax

  • “  But the same principles apply, and I bet the two of them would make fascinating conversants over a dinner of bandeja paisa.”

    The Huffington Post: F. Kaid Benfield: Village Green: Constructing a City Around the Concept of Happiness

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