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🥃 A small drink 💵 Armenian money ⚖️ A small weight
dram

dram

1 9.9
The official money unit of Armenia equal to 100 luma
  • noun
  • /dræm/
translation icon : dram

Examples

  • Just enough money for one last dram.

    Burke & Hare (2010)

  • Wondered if you wouldn't mind representing us at the am drams tonight.

    Hot Fuzz (2007)

  • If you want to visit Armenia, you should exchange your dollars for drams to spend there.

  • After converting her savings, she had about a thousand drams to use during her trip to Yerevan.

  • The price of the souvenir was five drams, which was quite affordable for tourists.

Compounds

fluid dram
  • Archaic
9.9

A small old liquid measure used for medicine, about 3.6 millilitres

Surface Forms

dram singular
drams plural

Etymology

Dram for Armenia's money comes from the old Greek coin drachma, a name used for a 'small coin'. That's why the modern dram is the basic unit of money in Armenia.