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  • noun Plural form of ringgit.

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Examples

  • Yes, Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish author, translated last year into English: P And I would bet raisins against ringgits that Polish internauts had a say in this (voting was online).

    MIND MELD: Guide to International SF/F (Part I ) 2009

  • The company reported a 53% slump in its third-quarter net profit to 152.3 million ringgits, or about $50 million, primarily due to higher fuel expenses, while its AirAsia X unit recently said it would end flights to Europe and India by March amid weak demand and rising costs.

    AirAsia CEO Says Thai, Indonesia Units to Launch IPOs Chun Han Wong 2012

  • Astro All Asia surged 18.5% to 4.22 ringgits ($1.27) in Kuala Lumpur after unlisted Astro Holdings, owned by tycoon T. Ananda Krishnan and partners, offered to buy out minority shareholders in a cash deal that values the Malaysian pay-T. operator at 8.5 billion ringgit ($2.57 billion), or 4.30 ringgits a share.

    Asian Markets Fall, Yen Strengthens V. Phani Kumar 2010

  • Astro All Asia surged 18.5% to 4.22 ringgits ($1.27) in Kuala Lumpur after unlisted Astro Holdings, owned by tycoon T. Ananda Krishnan and partners, offered to buy out minority shareholders in a cash deal that values the Malaysian pay-T. operator at 8.5 billion ringgit ($2.57 billion), or 4.30 ringgits a share.

    Asian Markets Fall, Yen Strengthens V. Phani Kumar 2010

  • Astro All Asia surged 18.5% to 4.22 ringgits ($1.27) in Kuala Lumpur after unlisted Astro Holdings, owned by tycoon T. Ananda Krishnan and partners, offered to buy out minority shareholders in a cash deal that values the Malaysian pay-T. operator at 8.5 billion ringgit ($2.57 billion), or 4.30 ringgits a share.

    Asian Markets Fall, Yen Strengthens V. Phani Kumar 2010

  • Yet U.S. investors who may not know rupees from ringgits are buying and selling foreign currencies both as a hedge against their U.S. dollar holdings and as a way to speculate on global economic upheaval.

    Other People's Money 2010

  • "They say they were promised 3,000 ringgits [$950] a month," the manager says.

    Bottom of the Barrel 2008

  • Where the city's oldest gay bar, the Blue Boy, makes Baghdad-by-the-Bay seem like a dive in Podunk, Idaho; where people party well into the morning light, and you can have a good time for a few ringgits (the Malay currency: around 30 cents).

    Christmas in Malaysia JDsg 2005

  • Where the city's oldest gay bar, the Blue Boy, makes Baghdad-by-the-Bay seem like a dive in Podunk, Idaho; where people party well into the morning light, and you can have a good time for a few ringgits (the Malay currency: around 30 cents).

    Archive 2005-12-01 JDsg 2005

  • Malaysia ringgits per US dollar - 3.8 (2004), 3.8 (2003), 3.8

    The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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