birr
Example Sentences
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His bail was set at 60,000 Ethiopian birr, about $1,170, according to his lawyer.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2022
"Last year, for $1 you would get 35 birr, now you get 45."
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2021
She said she was not told why she was detained, paid 3,000 birr to a policeman and was released five days later.
From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2021
He added that citizens who receive remittances are “expected to convert their foreign currency into birr right away.”
From Slate • Dec. 23, 2019
"Wonderful, serr, wonderful;" "Ah, well, may-ay-be, may-ay-be"—these be words of potent irony when uttered with a certain birr.
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.