birr
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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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