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Piaster

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Word	Definition
piastrenoun	A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.
kurunoun	A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.

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Word	Definition
piastrenoun	A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.
kurunoun	A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.
poundnoun	A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
pennynoun	In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
old pennynoun	The pre-decimalisation United Kingdom penny, ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling. Symbol: d
paisanoun	A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
penny sterlingnoun	(historical) A British coin worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling, made of silver prior to 1797, and copper thereafter, Abbreviation: d.
new pennynoun	(British, Ireland, dated) Following decimalisation, the name given to the coin worth one hundredth of a pound; now known simply as the penny. Symbol: p
poundworthnoun	The amount that can be bought for a pound.
poundkeepernoun	(dated) The keeper of a pound (place for the detention of stray or wandering animals).
assay poundnoun	A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equal to half a gram, but varying between assayers.
pfundnoun	(obsolete) A pound (unit of weight), in German contexts.
halfpennynoun	(UK) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
halfpencenoun	A halfpenny.
poundagenoun	(countable) A charge based on the weight of something in pounds.
picenoun	Alternative form of paisa, especially (historical) in the form of coins worth 20 cash. [A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.]
shillingnoun	The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
ship-poundnoun	(historical) A unit of weight once used in the Baltic ports.
ha'pennynoun	(historical, Ireland, UK) A halfpenny; a former British and Irish coin.
pesetanoun	The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos.