Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Portuguese unit of money, equivalent to 1,000 reis, and worth about $1.08.
- noun A Brazilian unit of money, equal to about 55 United State cents.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills (1913).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A former
currency ofPortugal . - noun A former
currency ofBrazil .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The master makes about 1,600 milreis, or about £160, a month by them; so some people evidently find them good.
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The land belongs to a Brazilian, who get three or four milreis a day out of it
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I went to visit them, and bought a packet for half a milreis, or thirteenpence (then).
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I have an appartement furnished; four rooms to myself and the use of three others, and the kitchen, the servant of the house, and everything but food, for 150 milreis, or £15 a month.
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The duties are noted in Portuguese money, “milreis”, each of which is about three shillings in value.
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Holland, the quarter-ruble of Russia, the 200-reis piece of Portugal, the 5-piastre piece of Turkey, the half-milreis of Brazil and the half-rupee of India, all interchangeable with the English shilling, and all of them about the value of the quarter-dollar of North and
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Paul and Bob both laughed, and harder yet as the bright little animal shot a paw into Paul's pocket and adroitly drew out a Brazilian gold coin called a milreis, worth about fifty-four cents in American money.
Around the World in Ten Days Chelsea Curtis Fraser
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"You give five milreis, me give monk," said the old mulatto.
Around the World in Ten Days Chelsea Curtis Fraser
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Silver: 2 milreis, $1.09; 1 milreis, 55 cents; 1/2 milreis, 27 cents.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Brazil -- Gold coins: 20 milrei piece, $10.91; 10 milreis, $5.45.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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