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birr

[bur] / bɜr /












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Monday's announcement saw Ethiopia’s currency, the birr, lose nearly a third of its value against the dollar.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

The birr was this week trading at 90 to $1 on the black market, compared to 53 in banks.

From Reuters • Oct. 15, 2022

His bail was set at 60,000 Ethiopian birr, about $1,170, according to his lawyer.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2022

He added that citizens who receive remittances are “expected to convert their foreign currency into birr right away.”

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2019

In these days, spinning-jennies were not; and many a fireside was enlivened by the whirr of the "big" or the birr of the "wee" wheel.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various