kyat

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• The black-market value of the kyat has plummeted from roughly 300 to the U.S. dollar three years ago to nearly 1,000 to the dollar.

  Academic text (2002)

• This time, he was selling hand-carved wooden refrigerator magnets, so we bought one from him for 1,000 kyat—about $1.25.

  Blog text (27)

• In a city famed for its golden pagodas, they build crumbling temporary shelters, beg for kyat (the nearly worthless local currency), and try to avoid police and army soldiers.

  Academic text (2002)

• These include the lifting of sanctions, the release of political prisoners, and the floatation of the Myanmar currency, which is currently trading at about 850 kyats (pronounced "chat") to the U.S. dollar.

  Blog text (6)

• In Burma, one can get 120 kyats, the local currency, for $1 on the black market.

• For 400 kyat (about 30 cents), you can set a sparrow free, which, according to Buddhism, will bring you merit.

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