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birr

[bur] / bɜr /












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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

There was nae soond but the wag-at-the-wa' tick-tickin', like an artifeecial cricket with the busiest, conthiest birr, an' my wairs gaun clickaty-click, when I heard a cheep, cheep.

From A Practical Novelist by John Davidson


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