drachma
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- noun
- /ˈdrækmə/
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dracma
- Under the drachma, a bunch of parsley would run you a hundred drachmas.
- the new drachma
Or take, for example, this drachma of Alexander, quite worn and correspondingly cheap on the market.
- Or take, for example, this drachma of Alexander, quite worn and correspondingly cheap on the market.
Examples
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Set the exchange rate, and those on pensions will get paid in drachmas that are worth exactly what they were worth before in Greece.
Blog text (1) -
Or take, for example, this drachma of Alexander, quite worn and correspondingly cheap on the market.
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- Oh, he paid us, in drachma.
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Another serious problem for Greece in making the transition to the new drachma would be the political risk of being forced out of the EU.
Academic text (2012) -
The notes and bonds owned by the banks are now payable in drachmas.
Blog text (1) -
I take a 100-drachma note from the pocket of his shirt and walk down to where people swim in the daytime.
Fiction book (1994) -
No, eight hundred drachma.
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Under the drachma, a bunch of parsley would run you a hundred drachmas.
Academic text (2011) -
Abandoning the euro now and creating a new drachma would permit a devaluation and a default that might involve much less economic pain than the current course.
Academic text (2012) -
After using the drachma for years, many Greeks now feel nostalgic about their former currency.
Synonyms
The old unit of money used in Greece before the euro
An old Greek coin used to buy things
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drachma for the Greek coin comes from Greek drachmē, meaning 'a handful'. Early coins were named for the small weight or metal you could grasp, so drachma became the name of a coin and later the money of Greece.