Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gold coin formerly used in Persia worth 10,000 dinars.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A current gold coin of Persia, worth 7s, 2¼ d. English (about $1.76).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly at different times and places. Its average value may be reckoned at about two and a half dollars.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A former
currency ofIran .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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[3] A toman is a nominal coin nearly the value of a pound sterling.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 Various
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Few people can afford to pay 100,000 toman $100 to buy an Adidas T-shirt.
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El incremento de los años de aportación para recibir una pensión de $ 218 es “un asalto a los fondos del IESS”, y además afecta a los derechos establecidos en la Ley del IESS, donde se señala que para calcular las pensiones se toman en cuenta los sueldos de los cinco años mejor remunerados.
Global Voices in English » Ecuador: Creation of New Social Security Bank 2009
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He indicates 1 Kabuli rupee was composed of either 60 paisas, 12 copper shahis, 3 silver abbasis, or 6 silver sanars, and that 20 rupees made one toman.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Gregorian, p. 402, divides the Kabuli rupee as follows for the nineteenth century: 10 dinars to 1 paisa; 5 paisas to 1 copper shahi; 2 shahis to 1 silver sannar or sadinar or misqali; 2 sannar to 1 abbasi or tanga; 1.5 abbasi to 1 kran (qiran); 2 krans to 1 rupee; 2/5 rupees to 1 nim sanad; 5 rupees to one sanad; 20 rupees to 1 toman.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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In the kham scheme of computation 10 dinars equaled 1 paisa, 5 paisas equaled 1 shahi, 10 shahis equaled 1 rupee, 20 rupees equaled 1 toman.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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A continuación, otros músicos, a menudo liderados por su hijo Rudel al piano, toman el relevo, lo que da como resultado el pequeño milagro de poder escuchar música interpretada de manera cercana y personal.
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Kajali-chan!!! .. tu tb vives en Trujillo .. sha ps!! ambas se toman un bus juntas y vienen a visitarmeh!
crazydark Diary Entry crazydark 2009
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The upside: a once-in-a-liftime opportunity to witness firsthand one of the greatest spectacles on the planet; a chance to experience live and in-person the most entertaining and inspiring sporting competition known toman.
The Volokh Conspiracy » My Curmudgeonly Take on the Olympics 2009
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Hace, sin embargo, peor cuando en una campaña de desinformación, que pagamos todos los peruanos, para defender el Decreto 1015 afirma que en los sindicatos las decisiones se toman con la mitad más uno de los trabajadores.
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