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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