Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A unit of currency equal to 1/100 of the krone in Denmark and Norway.

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  • noun A currency unit worth one hundredth of a Norwegian and Danish krone.
  • noun Common misspelling of öre.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Danish and Norwegian, both from Old Norse eyrir; see öre.]

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From Danish øre and Norwegian øre, from Latin aureus ("a Roman coin; golden")

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