birr
Example Sentences
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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
The direct attack he could meet superbly, downing his opponent with a coarse birr of the tongue; to the veiled gibe he was a quivering hulk, to be prodded at your ease.
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas