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birr

[bur] / bɜr /












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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

"Last year, for $1 you would get 35 birr, now you get 45."

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2021

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

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2019

Once he heard the birr of his father's voice in the lobby and his mother speaking in shrill protest, and then—oh, horror!—his father came up the stair.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas