Definitions
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- noun The basic monetary unit of
Kazakhstan ; subdivided into tiyin.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 100 tenge equal 1 manat in Turkmenistan
- noun the basic unit of money in Kazakhstan
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Second, people are confused as to whether to hold their savings in dollars (which are expensive now, but might fall in price again) or tenge, which is weakening.
KZblog 2009
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By contrast, the Romanian leu has gained 1% against the dollar and Kazakhstan's tenge is little changed this month.
Frontier Markets Defy Broader Tumult, and That's a Good Sign Anjali Cordeiro 2011
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The audit revealed that the Church of Scientology had earned about 30 million tenge in recent years (more than $200 thousand).
Kazakh court bans scientology organization in Karaganda region 2009
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As if to confirm, dass cites official statistics for embezzlement since the beginning of this year – about nine billion tenge (over $60 million) – and adds his own mathematical reasoning [ru]:
Global Voices in English » Kazakhstan: Propaganda Allergies 2009
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Assuming that the majority of theft has not yet been discovered, and a part of the cases is still in the process of investigation, I estimate the total volume of embezzlement to be about 200 billion tenge for the current year.
Global Voices in English » Kazakhstan: Propaganda Allergies 2009
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They purchased it for some 1000 tenge and decided to install it in front of their business.
Global Voices in English » Kazakhstan: Lenin. More Alive Than the Living 2009
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A spokeswoman for the financial police alleged that the consortium in 2008 produced 1.1 million metric tons of oil and 94,000 tons of gas condensate in excess of its approved quota, giving it "illegal revenues" of 104 billion tenge ($708 million).
Kazakh Police Launch Criminal Probe Into Oil Project James Herron 2010
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A spokeswoman for the financial police alleged that the consortium in 2008 produced 1.1 million metric tons of oil and 94,000 tons of gas condensate in excess of its approved quota, giving it "illegal revenues" of 104 billion tenge ($708 million).
Kazakh Police Launch Criminal Probe Into Oil Project James Herron 2010
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A spokeswoman for the financial police alleged that the consortium in 2008 produced 1.1 million metric tons of oil and 94,000 tons of gas condensate in excess of its approved quota, giving it "illegal revenues" of 104 billion tenge ($708 million).
Kazakh Police Launch Criminal Probe Into Oil Project James Herron 2010
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Kazakhstan is investigating the alleged illegal production of crude oil worth 212 billion tenge ($1.44 billion) by
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