資料來源 : pyDict
貨幣名;古代西班牙貨幣
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Piaster \Pi*as"ter\, n. [F. piastre, It. piastra a thin plate of
metal, a dollar, LL. piastra, fr. L. emplastrum. See
{Plaster}.]
A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See
{Peso}. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso
duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The
Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents.
The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four
and a half cents.
資料來源 : WordNet®
piaster
n 1: a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan
and Syria [syn: {piastre}]
2: 100 kurus equal 1 lira [syn: {kuru}, {piastre}]