piastre

Definition of Piastre in English :

1. piaster, piastre

a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria

2. kurus, piaster, piastre

100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Piastre

noun

(formerly) the standard monetary unit of South Vietnam, divided into 100 cents

a fractional monetary unit of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, South Sudan, and Syria worth one hundredth of a pound

3. another name for kuruş

4. a rare word for piece of eight

1. A unit of currency equal to ¹/₁₀₀ of the primary unit of currency in Egypt and various other countries of the Middle East.