birr
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
She said she was not told why she was detained, paid 3,000 birr to a policeman and was released five days later.
From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2021
He added that citizens who receive remittances are “expected to convert their foreign currency into birr right away.”
From Slate • Dec. 23, 2019
Sabbath morning it was French, which he went through with great birr.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest