zloty
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈzloʊti/
- The price of a meal at that restaurant is usually around 50 zlotys.
- zloty exchange rate
- zloty exchange
Examples
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I've got a client who'll sell marks for zloty at 2.45-to-1.
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How much is it? - 20 zloty.
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A hundred and fifty zlotys each; they have probably been stolen.
Fiction book (2001) -
The zloty was repeatedly devalued to bring it closer to the equilibrium level.
Academic text (1991) -
My dollars seemed as useful as zlotys or rubles.
Academic text (1992) -
The zloty was further devalued and was set at the prevailing parallel market level.
Academic text (1991) -
Once, when Miller Wolniak's son, back home on a visit from America, stops by the barber's, he tips Jakub a whole zloty!
Fiction book (1997) -
I exchanged my dollars for zlotys when I visited Poland last summer.
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After checking the exchange rate, I learned that one euro is about 4.5 zlotys.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Zloty comes from the old Polish word złoto, which means 'gold', because early coins were golden or seen as having the value of gold. So today's zloty is the name for Poland's money.