birr
Example Sentences
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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
And aye they buckled till't wi' birr; In combat sair an' grievous, They glanced like lightnin' up Strathyre An' thundered doon Ben Nevis.
From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by David Rorie