drachma

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
noun formerly the basic unit of money in Greece

Learned borrowing from Latin drachma and its etymon Doric Greek δρᾰχμᾱ́ (drăkhmā́). Doublet of dram, diram, dirham, dirhem, adarme, and dam.

[14] A drachma was something less than ten pence. — The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius
To every Roman citizen he gives, To every several man, seventy-five drachmas. — The Ontario High School Reader, Aletta E. Marty
The Metaxas arrived and Alex excused the waiter with two 1000 Drachma notes. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

dram, drachm

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