gourde
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The main money unit of Haiti equal to 100 smaller units
- noun
- /ɡʊrˈdeɪ/
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gourde
- The price of rice has increased by fifty gourdes per sack this year.
Examples
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The vendor asked for 100 gourdes for the handmade bracelet.
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The price is 100 gourdes.
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She converted her dollars into gourdes before traveling to Haiti.
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I saved 500 gourdes last week.
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A loaf of bread costs 150 gourdes at the local bakery.
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She gave him 200 gourdes for helping her with the project.
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The price of that book is less than ten gourdes in Haiti.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gourde comes from the French word that is the same as English gourd, meaning 'a hard, hollow fruit used as a container'. So the name moved from the container to the money in Haiti, and today a gourde is the country's basic unit of money.