Egyptian pound
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3.5
- noun
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libra egipcia
- -Twenty Egyptian pounds.
- billion Egyptian pounds
- about 500 Egyptian pounds
Examples
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Despite the examination fees of merely one to three Egyptian pounds, some shopkeepers still complained that the fees were too high and that the clinic had become too commercial.
Academic text (1995) -
Last week, I exchanged my dollars for Egyptian pounds to spend during my trip.
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And all of this for just four Egyptian pounds, two and a half for the male and one and a half for the female.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the last three years, the most stable currency has been the Egyptian pound.
Academic text (1999) -
After a two-Egyptian pound cab ride, we arrived at the station.
Blog text (30) -
In truth, the Pasha's art collection was worth hundreds of thousands of Egyptian pounds, all of which had flowed into French pockets.
Fiction book (2001) -
If only 10 million of us wake up every day and they donate by SMS one Egyptian pound, just one for the sake of this homeland.
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Floating the Egyptian pound and initiating treasury bill auctions brought some $14 billion in reserves into the central bank coffers.
Academic text (1993) -
A simple meal at a local restaurant costs around fifty Egyptian pounds.
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She saved up two hundred Egyptian pounds to buy a new pair of shoes.
Synonyms
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1.0
The money used in the United Kingdom and some other countries
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'Egyptian' specifies origin and 'pound' names a currency unit, so the meaning 'the currency unit of Egypt' is directly inferable from the parts. This compositional pattern (country adjective + currency name) is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Egyptian pound comes from the 1800s, when Egypt started using money like the British pound, so people called the new national money a pound. Today the Egyptian pound is the main unit of money in Egypt and equals 100 'piasters'.