rial
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- noun
- /riˈɑl/
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rial
- The rial has lost more than 80 percent of its value since the start of the year.
- Iranian rial
- rial currency
- rial exchange rate
Examples
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(In an attempt to awaken national pride, the government has had the atom symbol printed on 50,000 rial bills.)
Academic text (2009) -
The price of a loaf of bread is around 10,000 rials in Tehran.
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But this is only part of what is happening to the rial right now.
Blog text (12) -
The Iranian economy is in free fall, with its currency, the rial, hitting a record low.
Blog text (3) -
It's on this market that the value of the rial has tumbled.
Blog text (12) -
But over the past week, we've seen the rial lose a remarkable amount of value.
Blog text (12) -
Iran might seem a bargain based on the rial plunge, but inflation is a killer.
Blog text (15) -
The rial is disintegrating and continues to break its own records by hitting new lows.
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Also, Iran is already dumping the dollar in its trade with Russia in favor of rials and rubles.
Blog text (21) -
The price of gasoline at the pump is 800 rials per liter, or about 35 cents a gallon.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
Money used in Iran to buy things
A unit of money used in Oman
The money used in Yemen
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rial comes from an old Spanish coin called the real, which meant 'royal'. Because that coin's name spread to many places, countries used the name for their money, so today a rial is the name of a unit of currency in places like Iran, Oman, and Yemen.