reis

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At last however, he got rid of it for 20,000 mil-reis, which is about 6000 pounds.

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  1. A Portuguese money of account: 1,000 reis make a milreis, which is of the value of 4s. 5d. sterling, or about $1.08. Large sums are calculated in cantos of reis, or amounts of 1,000,000 reis ($1,080). In Brazil the milreis is reckoned at about; 55 cents. Also rais.
  2. Same as ras, 2.
  3. Reis effendi the former title of the chancellor and minister of foreign affairs of the Turkish Empire.

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  • MATTHEW FLINDERS, Ontdekkings-reis naar het Groote Zuidland anders Nieuw Holland; besigtiging van het zelve in 1801, 1802 en 1803; noodlottige schipbreak, en gevangenschap van 6 1/2 jaar by de Franschen op Mauritius. —  The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
  • I dreaded the inevitable day when he would replace his father as our reis, but I did not doubt he would be as able and as devoted Once the lights were arranged, Ramses and David got to work copying the reliefs. —  52316_ApeWhoGuardsTheBalance
  • Every ticket sold must bear a revenue stamp, and you must pay a high official to come and affix these stamps; moreover, each of your advertisements must bear a hundred-reis stamp. —  Diary of a Soldier of Fortune
  • The Brazilian reis was replaced with the milreis, the milreis by the cruzeiro, the cruzeiro by the mil cruzeiro, the mil cruzeiro by the cruzado, the cruzado by the milcruzado, and finally the real. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • Solve vincla reis, Profer lumen caecis, Mala nostra pelle, Bona cuncta posce 4. —  The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book
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  1. Portuguese reis, plural of real: see real.
 

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