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
In these days, spinning-jennies were not; and many a fireside was enlivened by the whirr of the "big" or the birr of the "wee" wheel.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.