Definitions
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- noun The
currency ofMozambique , divided into 100centavos
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- noun the basic unit of money in Mozambique; equal to 100 centavos
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The devaluation of the metical hit the country hard because Mozambique imports much of its goods from South Africa.
Higher Wheat Prices Do Not Signal Another Food Price Crisis 2010
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Not a bad deal, considering that 24 metical equal about 1 dollar in the U.S.
Summer Rayne Oakes: Where the fire burns: Accounts from Mozambique 2009
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Instead a giant ferry -- an inefficient transportation system perpetually funded by the Dutch government -- carries cars and passengers across for a few metical per person.
Summer Rayne Oakes: Where the fire burns: Accounts from Mozambique 2009
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The move was necessitated by the fact that the exchange rate of the Mozambican currency, the metical, against the rand had stabilised in the past year, the sources told the paper.
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A mestizo, person of mixed race. metical (Port., pl. meticais).
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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It was replaced by the metical after independence in the 1970s.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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As for the Mozambican currency, the metical, in the first 11 months of the year it had depreciated by 5.8 percent against the
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The devaluation of the metical was at about five percent last year and this year it dropped to only 1 per cent.
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Other economic performance indicators such as the currency, the metical, has been stable for the last two years, while inflation has been steadily falling to low levels.
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Inflation has fallen 37 points since 1996 to 16.3 percent, the Gross Domestic Product is estimated at 6.4 percent, exports are growing and the national currency, the metical, is stable.
qroqqa commented on the word metical
plural is meticais
June 16, 2009