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bani

bani

9.1
A small Romanian coin worth one hundredth of a leu
  • noun
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  • Joanna held out a handful of change, steel lei coins, and aluminum bani, and the proprietress selected about four cents' worth.

Examples

  • The price of the book was listed in bani, but she paid in lei.

  • Joanna counted her savings in bani to buy a special gift for her friend.

  • At the market, he exchanged his foreign currency for local bani to buy fresh vegetables.

Synonyms

ban
vsbani
  • Specialized
4 9.5

A small coin equal to one hundredth of the Romanian or Moldovan leu

applies only to the same unit used in Romania

Surface Forms

bani singular
banis plural

Etymology

Bani is the plural of ban, the small Romanian coin. Each ban is one hundredth of a leu, so bani are like 'cents' or 'pence' — the small money units people use every day.