Iraqi dinar
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- noun
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dinar iraquí
- Brigade-level commanders doled out millions of Iraqi dinars and, in some places, U.S. dollars, every month, and by the summer of 2007, the movement was fully subsidized by the coalition.
- million Iraqi dinars
- worth ten Iraqi dinars
Examples
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The parliamentary economy and investment committee confirmed that the forged currency circulating in Iraq is considered the "least" compared to the existing proportions in the countries of the world, pointing out that the central bank "failed" in the actions taken to reduce the foreign exchange rate against the Iraqi dinar.
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Kuwaitis were getting Iraqi dinars at a very cheap rate, and they were using them to come to Iraq for lavish vacations in Iraq's luxury hotels.
Academic text (1991) -
This will happen in Iraq also, and the government holds trillions of Iraqi dinars.
Blog text (8) -
Reuters reported that thousands of people in the United States still expect a surge in the Iraqi dinar, which was described as one of the largest investment opportunities in the world.
Blog text (18) -
There has been a tremendous loss in export earnings, a depreciation in the unofficial exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar, a substantial decrease in national income, and a dramatic increase in the price of goods and services.
Academic text (1995) -
The report says that some speculators expect a rise in the value of the dinar against the U.S. dollar to make the Iraqi dinar equal to between 1 and 3 dollars, which represents gains ranging from 116,500% to 349,700%.
Blog text (18) -
He added that the Iraqi dinar has appreciated against the dollar, when it was sold to 350 million, arriving at an exchange rate of 1,300, and now at a price of 1,119, regarding it as a big accomplishment.
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Most shopkeepers, who are now forced to accept the Iraqi dinar from customers, are not price-gouging.
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So far, he says, he's spent 100 million Iraqi dinars (about $80,000).
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According to the World Food Program, an average Iraqi family of six will need to spend between 300 and 400 Iraqi dinars on food alone to secure the minimum dietary needs for survival.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the basic unit of currency in Iraq' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'Iraqi' (pertaining to Iraq) with 'dinar' (a unit of currency). Nationality + currency constructions are common cross-linguistically and follow a straightforward compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand this phrase.
Etymology
Iraqi dinar gets its name from an old coin called the dinar, a word that came from the Roman 'denarius' used long ago. Many countries kept the name for their 'money', so modern Iraq named its basic unit the dinar.