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birr

[bur] / bɜr /












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But as the telecoms sector has opened up, the country is embracing mobile phone digital payments in birr, the local currency.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

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

There is the dismal, never-ending grind, grind of the screw, sometimes, when the ship rolls, and the screw is out of the water, going round with a horrible birr.

From A Boy's Voyage Round the World by Smiles, Samuel




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