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drachma
(encz) | drachma,drachma n: Zdeněk Brož |
drachma
(czen) | drachma,drachmn: Zdeněk Brož |
drachma
(czen) | drachma,drachman: Zdeněk Brož |
Drachma
(gcide) | Drachma \Drach"ma\, n.; pl. E. Drachmas, L. Drachm[ae]. [L.,
fr. Gr. ?. See Dram.]
1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different
value in different States and at different periods. The
average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have
been about 19 cents (U. S. currency, ca. 1913).
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2. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.
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3. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains;
among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.
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drachma
(wn) | drachma
n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce
or to 60 grains [syn: dram, drachm, drachma]
2: formerly the basic unit of money in Greece [syn: drachma,
Greek drachma] |
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Didrachma
(gcide) | Didrachm \Di"drachm\, Didrachma \Di*drach"ma\, n. [Gr. ?; di- =
di`s- twice + ? a drachm.]
A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth
nearly forty cents.
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Drachma
(gcide) | Drachma \Drach"ma\, n.; pl. E. Drachmas, L. Drachm[ae]. [L.,
fr. Gr. ?. See Dram.]
1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different
value in different States and at different periods. The
average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have
been about 19 cents (U. S. currency, ca. 1913).
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2. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.
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3. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains;
among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.
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Drachmae
(gcide) | Drachma \Drach"ma\, n.; pl. E. Drachmas, L. Drachm[ae]. [L.,
fr. Gr. ?. See Dram.]
1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different
value in different States and at different periods. The
average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have
been about 19 cents (U. S. currency, ca. 1913).
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2. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.
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3. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains;
among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.
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Drachmas
(gcide) | Drachma \Drach"ma\, n.; pl. E. Drachmas, L. Drachm[ae]. [L.,
fr. Gr. ?. See Dram.]
1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different
value in different States and at different periods. The
average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have
been about 19 cents (U. S. currency, ca. 1913).
[1913 Webster]
2. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.
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3. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains;
among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.
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Tetradrachma
(gcide) | Tetradrachm \Tet"ra*drachm\, Tetradrachma \Tet`ra*drach"ma\, n.
[NL. tetradrachma, fr. Gr. tetra`drachmon; te`tra- (see
Tetra-) + drachmh` drachm, drachma.]
A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four
drachms.
Note: The Attic tetradrachm was equal to 3s. 3d. sterling, or
about 76 cents.
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greek drachma
(wn) | Greek drachma
n 1: formerly the basic unit of money in Greece [syn: drachma,
Greek drachma] |
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