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  • noun Plural form of loti.

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Examples

  • A Lesotho journalist charged with sedition has been freed after paying a 200 maloti (17.60 dollars/13.70 euros) fine, while his radio station was allowed back on the airwaves, he said Thursday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • In 1988, the cost of a trip to a government health clinic or hospital doubled, and though the fees seem inconsequential to an outsider—the cost of a visit to a hospital for an adult increased from one maloti to two, still less than a dollar—the effect was to drive many people away from the formal health system.

    No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

  • She would have to hire a private car to take him, at a cost of perhaps 150 maloti or more—nearly $25—and she had no money even for food.

    No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

  • She earned 1,500 maloti per month, about $235, a livable salary in Maseru, but that was still far less than the salaries of most of her classmates at the Lesotho Centre for Accounting Studies.

    No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

  • Charlotte struggled to pay for her drugs, which cost more than half her normal monthly salary of around $100 650 maloti.

    No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

  • Her job was to collect the 10 maloti fee, about $1.50, from patients before they could enter.

    No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

  • The medicines and consultation together cost 50 maloti, about $8.

    No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

  • Lesotho's currency, the maloti, is fixed to the rand.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Canadian engineering firm Acres International was fined 22 million maloti (about 2.2 million dollars) by the Lesotho High

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • Total revenue would amount to 2.373 billion maloti (396 million dollars) while expenditure would total 2.809 million maloti (468 million dollars), Finance and Development Planning Minister

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

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  • plural of loti, Lesotho monetary unit

    July 8, 2008