dong
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9.1
- noun
- /dɔŋ/
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dong
- The Vietnamese Dong is one of the few currencies that has gotten worse against the US dollar in recent years.
- 5,000 dong
Examples
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Chinh had appointed himself her guardian, and for this privilege she paid him 25,000 dong a week.
Fiction book (2000) -
Where's my 5,000 dong?
Fiction book (2000) -
When I visited years ago, the US dollar got 16,000 Dong.
Blog text (15) -
So let's say a bowl of pho used to cost 10,000 dong a few years ago and now costs 20,000 dong.
Blog text (15) -
I went shortly after the first Austin Powers movie, and when I went to the bank, I would put my pinky to my lip and ask the teller for one million dong.
Blog text (27) -
Rather than confiscate her motorbike, the policeman was happy to accept 5,000 dong as an unofficial fine and let her go with a stern warning.
Fiction book (2000) -
One of Oanh's paintings sold to a Belgian tourist for a tidy fortune: 500,000 dong, half of which went to the artist.
Fiction book (2000) -
Prices are quoted in both dollars and dong: 14,000 dong to one dollar.
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Le said that in 1989, state-controlled markets were selling rice for fifty dong a kilo.
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Chinh had appointed himself her guardian, and for this privilege she paid him 25,000 dong a week.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dong comes from the Vietnamese word đồng, which meant 'copper' or 'bronze'. Because old coins were made from that metal, dong became the name for Vietnam's money.