Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several units of gold and silver currency formerly used in the Middle East.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of a gold coin issued by the califs of Damascus: it was also applied to the gold coins of various Arab dynasties, and was the generic name of Arab gold coins.
- noun A money of account in Persia, equal to one ten thousandth of the tuman.
- noun A current silver coin of Servia, equal to 100 paras or about 20 United States cents.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A petty money of accounts of Persia; 100
dinars consituted a rial. - noun An ancient gold coin of the East, issued by various Islamic countries.
- noun the unit of currency of Yugoslavia. One dinar equals 100 paras. Abbreviated Din.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Name of official
currency of several countries, includingAlgeria ,Bahrain ,Iraq ,Jordan ,Kuwait ,Libya ,Serbia andTunisia . - noun A coin or note worth one dinar.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the basic unit of money in Algeria
- noun the basic unit of money in Kuwait; equal 1,000 fils
- noun the basic unit of money in Jordan; equal to 1,000 fils
- noun the basic unit of money in Libya
- noun 100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran
- noun the basic unit of money in Yugoslavia
- noun the basic unit of money in Tunisia
- noun the basic unit of money in Iraq; equal to 1,000 fils
- noun the basic unit of money in Bahrain; equal to 1,000 fils
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Lane (iii. 235), noting that the dinar is worth 170
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Paper bullets, he calls the dinar bills, funding cleanup projects and spending in the local stores.
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Still, no one's calling the dinar a risk-free investment.
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I have sought all day for Ahmad al-Danaf’s barrack, but none would direct me thereto; so this dinar is thine an thou wilt guide me thither.
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Simply stated, if one believes the current chaos engulfing Iraq will eventually be replaced by a stable, effective government, then the dinar ought to be a good buy.
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Since the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali more than a year ago, the Tunisian dinar, which is pegged to a basket of currencies, has lost 4.9 percent, the most among North African currencies tracked by Bloomberg.
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The steady decline of the Serbian dinar, which is close to the symbolic threshold of 100 dinars for war and passions of an anti-establishment movement are still fresh, will stage the
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The steady decline of the Serbian dinar, which is close to the symbolic threshold of 100 dinars for
WN.com - Articles related to Serbia: Cocaine Investigation Sparks Controversy 2010
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The steady decline of the Serbian dinar, which is close to the symbolic threshold of 100 dinars for
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The steady decline of the Serbian dinar, which is close to the symbolic threshold of 100 dinars for
WN.com - Articles related to Serbia: Cocaine Investigation Sparks Controversy 2010
whichbe commented on the word dinar
How many dinars does it take to equal one dinner?
October 11, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word dinar
"6:15 p.m. today" in the terse coded jargon of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p. 177.
January 22, 2013
chained_bear commented on the word dinar
Usage/historical note in comment on carica, and more on sporta.
November 28, 2017