Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| afghani | an Afghan monetary unit. |
| agora | a monetary unit of Israel > AGOROT, AGOROTH. Also, in ancient Athens, the market-place where debates were held > AGORAS or AGORAE. |
| anna | a coppery Indian/Pakistani coin. |
| antoninianus | a Roman coin equal to two denarii in value > ANTONINIANUSES. [From Antoninus, official name of the 3c emperor Caracalla]. |
| ariary | a currency of Madagascar > ARIARIES. |
| as | a Roman copper coin > ASSES. [N.B. can also be a Norse god, with pl. AESIR, and a ridge of gravel, with pl. ASAR]. |
| asper | a Turkish monetary unit, worth 1/120 of a piastre, formerly a silver coin, now only money of account. [Gk. aspros, rough, later white]. |
| at att | a monetary unit of Laos. AT takes —S but ATT does not |
| aureus | a gold coin of ancient Rome > AUREI. |
| austral | a monetary unit in Argentina > AUSTRALS or AUSTRALES. |
| avo | a monetary unit of Macao > AVOS. |
| baht bhat | the basic monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 SATANGS. |
| baiza baisa | a monetary unit of Oman. [Arabic from Hindi paisa]. |
| balboa | the monetary unit of Panama. [From Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c.1475—1519), Sp. explorer and discoverer of the Pacific Ocean]. |
| ban | a Romanian monetary unit > BANI. |
| bekah | half a SHEKEL. |
| belga | a former monetary unit of Belgium. |
| bezant bezzant byzant | a gold coin first struck at Byzantium or Constantinople; in heraldry, a small charge like this. |
| bhat | see BAHT. |
| birr | (Amharic) the monetary unit of Ethiopia > BIRROTCH. Also (Scots) to make a whirring noise > BIRRS, BIRRED, BIRRING. |
| bolivar | the standard monetary unit of Venezuela > BOLIVARS or BOLIVARES. [From Simon Bolivar, 1783 - 1830]. |
| boliviano | a Bolivian dollar > BOLIVIANOS. |
| buck | a dollar. |
| bugsha buqsha | a monetary unit of Yemen. |
| butut | a monetary unit of Gambia. |
| cardecu cardecue | an old French silver coin. [Fr. quart d'ecu]. |
| cartwheel | a large coin, esp. a silver dollar. |
| cash | a small Eastern coin. [Port. caiza]. |
| cauri | a monetary unit of Guiana. |
| cedi | a Ghanaian monetary unit, equal to 100 PESEWAS > CEDIS. |
| cent | a coin worth 1/100th of a DOLLAR. |
| centas | the monetary unit of Lithuania, worth 1/100th of a LITAS > CENTAI. |
| centavo | a Portugese coin and monetary unit, one hundredth of the standard unit of currency > CENTAVOS. |
| centesimo | a copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime > CENTESIMI or CENTESIMOS. |
| centime | one hundredth of a FRANC. |
| centimo | a coin and monetary unit of Spain and South America, one hundredth of the standard unit of currency > CENTIMOS. |
| centu | a Lithuanian monetary unit > CENTU. No —S. |
| chao hao | a monetary unit of Vietnam > is CHAO and HAO — no —S hook (but CHAOS, of course, is valid in its own right). |
| chervonets | a former Soviet monetary unit or gold coin, worth ten roubles. |
| chetrum | a monetary unit of Bhutan > CHETRUMS or CHHERTUM. |
| chiao jiao | a Chinese monetary unit, one tenth of a YUAN > CHIAOS. |
| chon | a Korean monetary unit > CHONS |
| colon | a monetary unit of Costa Rica > COLONES or COLONS. Also COLONE. |
| colone | a monetary unit of Costa Rica. [From Cristobal Colon]. |
| condor | a Chilean coin > CONDORS or CONDORES. [Sp. cóndor from Quechua kuntur]. |
| conto | a Portugese and Brazilian monetary unit worth 1000 escudos > CONTOS. |
| copeck kopeck kopek | a Russian monetary unit. One hundred copecks make a ROUBLE. |
| cordoba | the standard monetary unit of Nicaragua. |
| creutzer kreutzer kreuzer | a small copper coin formerly used in South Germany. |
| crusado | an old Portuguese monetary unit > CRUSADOES or CRUSADOS. Cf. CRUZADO. |
| cruzado | the former monetary unit of Brazil, replaced by the CRUZEIRO > CRUZADOS or CRUZADOES. Cf. CRUSADO. |
| cruzeiro | the standard monetary unit of Brazil, that replaced the CRUZADO > CRUZEIROS. |
| dalasi | a Gambian monetary unit > DALASIS. |
| daric | a gold coin of ancient Persia. [From Darius, King of Persia]. |
| decime | a French coin, the tenth part of a FRANC, equal to about two cents. |
| denar | a monetary unit of Macedonia > DENARI or DENARS. |
| denarius | a Roman coin > DENARII. |
| deni | one hundredth part of a DENAR > DENIS. |
| denier | an old French silver coin of small value. |
| derham dirham dirhem | the monetary unit of Morocco. |
| didrachm didrachma | a two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin. |
| dime | the tenth part of an American and Canadian dollar, 10 cents. |
| dinar | a monetary unit in Yugoslavia. [L. denarius]. |
| dinero | a former silver coin of Peru > DINEROS. |
| diobol diobolon | a coin of ancient Greece. |
| diram | a monetary unit of Tajikistan > DIRAMS. |
| disme | a U.S. 10-cent coin struck in 1792. |
| dobla | a former monetary unit of Spain, a gold coin. Also DOBLON. |
| doblon | a former monetary unit of Spain, a gold coin > DOBLONS or DOBLONES. Also DOBLA. |
| dobra | a former monetary unit of Portugal, a gold coin. |
| dollar | an American unit of currency. |
| dollarise dollarize | to replace a country's currency with the US dollar. |
| dong | the standard monetary unit of Vietnam, 100 XU. |
| doubloon | an obsolete Spanish gold coin. |
| drachm | a Greek monetary unit. Also DRACHMA. |
| drachma | a Greek monetary unit > DRACHMAS, DRACHMAE or DRACHMAI. Also DRACHM. |
| ducat | a gold or silver coin of varying values, formerly much used on the Continent. |
| ducatoon | an old silver coin in Venice and elsewhere. |
| dupondius | a Roman coin > DUPONDII. |
| duro | a Spanish silver dollar > DUROS. |
| eagle | a gold coin of the US having an eagle on the reverse, and usually having a value of 10 dollars. |
| ecu | the European monetary unit; also a former French coin, so called because of the shield that appeared on it. |
| ekpwele | a former standard monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea > EKPWELES. Also EKUELE. |
| ekuele | a former standard monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea. Note plural: EKUELE (despite EKPWELES). Also EKPWELE. |
| escudo | a Portugese monetary unit > ESCUDOS. |
| euro | the official currency unit, divided into 100 cents, of the member countries of the European Union. |
| eurobond | a bond issued in a euro currency. |
| eurocreep | the gradual introduction of the EURO into use in Britain. |
| eurodollar | a U.S. dollar as part of a European holding. |
| eyrir | a monetary unit of Iceland > AURAR. |
| fen | a Chinese monetary unit, 1/10 of a YUAN. |
| fening | a monetary unit of Bosnia and Herzegovina > FENINGS or FENINGA. |
| fenning | a monetary unit of Bosnia and Herzegovina. No —S. |
| finmark finnmark | a monetary unit of Finland. |
| follis | a coin of ancient Rome > FOLLES. |
| forint | a Hungarian monetary unit. [Hung. from Ital. fiorino, florin]. |
| franc | a French unit of currency. |
| fugio | a former USA coin > FUGIOS. |
| girsh gursh qursh qurush | a monetary unit of Saudi Arabia. |
| gopik | a monetary unit of Azerbaijan. |
| gourde | a monetary unit of Cuba, Haiti etc., a silver dollar. |
| greenback | a monetary note issued by the US Government; gen. the US dollar. |
| groschen | a small German monetary unit. |
| grosz | a Polish monetary unit, 1/100 of a ZLOTY. 1 GROSZ, 2, 3 or 4 GROSZE, 5 or more GROSZY. |
| guarani | a monetary unit of Paraguay > GUARANIS or GUARANIES. |
| guilder gulden | a Dutch monetary unit, a silver coin worth about forty cents. |
| gursh | see GIRSH. |
| halala halalah | a Saudi Arabian monetary unit. [Arabic halal, lawful]. |
| haler | a monetary unit of the Czech republic > HALERS or HALERU. Also HELLER. |
| halier | a former monetary unit of Slovakia > HALIERS or HALIEROV. |
| hao | see CHAO. |
| heller | a Czech monetary unit > HELLERS. Also HALER. |
| hryvna hryvnia hryvnya | the standard monetary unit of the Ukraine, divided into 100 kopiykas > HRYVNYAS. Also HRYVNA, HRYVNIA. |
| hwan | a monetary unit of S. Korea. No —S. |
| inti | the standard monetary unit of Peru, equal to 100 céntimos. [Sp. f. Quechua ynti sun, the Inca sun god]. |
| jane | a small silver Genoese coin. |
| jeon | a monetary unit of S. Korea > JEONS. |
| jiao | see CHIAO. |
| joannes johannes | an obsolete Portuguese gold coin, named from the figure of King John which it bears > JOANNES or JOANNESES, JOHANNES or JOHANNESES. |
| jun | a coin of North Korea. No —S. |
| kapeyka | a monetary unit of Belarus > KAPEEK. |
| khoum | a monetary unit of Mauretania. |
| kip | a Laotian monetary unit; (verb) to sleep, have a nap. |
| koban kobang obang | an obsolete Japanese gold coin. |
| kobo | a monetary unit of Nigeria > KOBOS [Nigerian version of English copper]. |
| kopiyka | a monetary unit of Ukraine, worth a hundredth part of a HRYVNA > KOPIYKAS or KOPIYKY. |
| koruna | a Czech monetary unit > KORUN, KORUNAS or KORUNY. |
| kreutzer kreuzer | see CREUTZER. |
| krona | an Icelandic monetary unit > KRONUR or KRONOR. |
| krone | a Norwegian monetary unit > KRONER or KRONEN. |
| kroon | an Estonian monetary unit > KROONS or KROONI. |
| krugerrand | a S. African coin, used for investment, containing one troy oz. of fine gold. |
| kuna | the standard monetary unit of Croatia, divided into 100 LIPA > KUNE. |
| kurush | a monetary unit of Turkey. |
| kwacha | a monetary unit of Malawi and Zambia. [Bantu kwacha, dawn]. l. KWACHAS. |
| kwanza | the standard monetary unit of Angola > KWANZAS. |
| kyat | the standard Burmese monetary unit, equal to 100 PYAS. |
| laari, lari, laree | a monetary unit of the Maldives > LAARIS, LARIS, LAREES. |
| lat | a former monetary unit of Latvia > LATS, LATI or LATU. |
| lek | (noun) an Albanian monetary unit > LEKS or LEKU; (verb) of blackcocks, to gather or display: LEKKED, LEKKING. |
| lempira | the standard monetary unit of Honduras. [From the name of a native chief]. |
| leone | the standard monetary unit of Sierra Leone. |
| lepton | a small Greek monetary unit > LEPTA. Also, a type of subatomic particle, pl. LEPTONS. |
| leu ley | a Romanian monetary unit > LEI. [Romanian leu, lion]. |
| lev lew | a Bulgarian monetary unit > LEVA, LEVAS, LEVS. [Bulgarian lev, lion]. |
| liang | a Chinese unit of weight or currency. |
| liard | an old French coin of low value. |
| likuta | a monetary unit of Zaire > MAKUTA. |
| lilangeni | the standard monetary unit of Swaziland > EMALANGENI. [Bantu, f. li- sing. pref. (ema- pl. pref.) + -langeni member of royal family]. |
| lipa | a monetary unit of Croatia > LIPE or LIPAS. |
| lira | an Italian unit of currency > LIRE or LIRAS; a Maltese unit of currency > LIRI; a former Israeli unit of currency > LIROT or LIROTH. |
| lit | a former monetary unit of Lithuania > LITS. Also LITAS. |
| litas | a former monetary unit of Lithuania > LITAI or LITU. Also LIT. |
| livre | an obsolete French coin, replaced by the franc. |
| loonie | a Canadian one-dollar coin with a picture of a loon on one of its faces. |
| loti | a monetary unit of Lesotho > MALOTI. |
| louis | a former gold coin of France. |
| luma | a monetary unit of Armenia > LUMAS. |
| lwei | a monetary unit of Angola. |
| manat | a standard monetary unit of Azerbaijan, containing 100 GOPIK > MANATS. |
| maneh | a Greek unit of weight or money, equivalent to 100 drachmas. |
| maravedi | a small copper coin of Spain. |
| marka | the standard unit of currency in Bosnia-Herzegovina > MARKAS or MARAKA. |
| markka | the standard monetary unit of Finland > MARKKAS or MARKKAA. |
| metical metica | a monetary unit of Mozambique > METICALS or METICAIS; METICAS. |
| mil | a Cypriot coin > MILS. |
| milesimo | a former monetary unit of Chile > MILESIMOS. |
| millieme | a coin representing one thousandth of the basic unit of currency, as in Egypt. |
| millime | a monetary unit of Tunisia. Cf. MILLIEME. |
| milreis | a former Portuguese coin superseded by the ESCUDO > MILREIS. |
| mina mna | a Greek unit of weight or money, equivalent to 100 drachmas, same as MANEH. The pl. of MINA can be MINAS or MINAE. |
| mohur | a Persian gold coin. [Persian mohr]. |
| moidore | a Portuguese gold coin current in England in the first half of the 18th century. [Port. moeda d'ouro coin of gold]. |
| naira | a monetary unit of Nigeria. |
| nakfa | the standard currency unit of Eritrea > NAKFAS. |
| napoleon | an obsolete French gold coin of twenty francs. |
| ngultrum | the standard monetary unit of Bhutan > NGULTRUMS. |
| ngwee | a Zambian monetary unit, the hundredth part of a KWACHA >NGWEES. |
| nickel | a US coin worth five cents; (verb) to plate with nickel > NICKELED/NICKELLED. |
| obang | see KOBAN. |
| obol | a Greek coin. |
| obole | a mediaeval French coin. |
| obolus | in the Middle Ages, various small coins including a halfpenny > OBOLI. Cf. OBOL. |
| ostmark | the standard monetary unit of the DDR, prior to reunification. |
| ouguiya ougiya | a monetary unit of Mauritania > OUGUIYAS |
| pahlavi | a gold Iranian coin > PAHLAVIS. |
| paisa | an Indian coin, 1/100 of a RUPEE > PAISE or PAISAS. |
| paolo | an old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents > PAOLI. |
| para | a small Turkish coin. [Turkish parah]. |
| pataca | a monetary unit of Macau. |
| peag peage | wampum; beads used as money. |
| pengo | a former monetary unit of Hungary > PENGOS. [Lit. 'ringing']. |
| penni | a Finnish monetary unit > PENNIS or PENNIA. |
| peseta | a unit of Spanish currency. |
| pesewa | a Ghanaian monetary unit. |
| peso | a Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian, etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound weight. |
| pfennig | a small copper coin of Germany, the hundredth part of a mark > PFENNIGE or PFENNIGS. Also PFENNING. |
| pfenning | a small copper coin of Germany, the hundredth part of a mark > PFENNINGS. Also PFENNIG. |
| piaster piastre | a North African monetary unit. |
| picayune | a silver 5-cent coin struck by the U.S. mint from 1792-1873: a half dime; (fig.) something trivial: not worth a picayune. |
| pice | an Indian coin, 1/4 anna > PICE - No —S hook. [Hindi paisa]. |
| piso | a Philippines monetary unit > PISOS. |
| pistareen | an old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents. |
| poisha | a Bangladeshi monetary unit > POISHAS. |
| portague portigue | a former Portuguese gold coin. |
| pruta prutah | an Israeli monetary unit > PRUTOT, PRUTOTH. |
| pul | a monetary unit of Afghanistan > PULS, PULI. |
| pula | the standard monetary unit in Botswana, = 100 THEBE. [Setswana, lit, rain, used as a greeting]. |
| punt | an Irish pound. |
| pya | a monetary unit of Burma. |
| qapik | a monetary unit of Azerbaijan. |
| qindar qintar quintar | a monetary unit of Albania, equal to one-hundredth of a LEK. The plural of QINDAR is QINDARS or QINDARKA; of QINTAR is QINTARS or QINTARKA, of QUINTAR is QUINTARS. |
| quadrans | a fourth part of the coin called an AS > QUADRANTES. |
| quarter | a coin worth a quarter of a dollar, or 25 cents. |
| quetzal | the Guatemalan currency unit, 100 CENTAVOS. |
| qursh qurush | see GIRSH. |
| rand | a monetary unit of S.Africa; (verb) to rant. |
| rappen | a monetary unit of Switzerland. No —S. |
| real | a monetary unit in Brazil > REALS, REALES, REIS or REAIS. |
| rei | an erroneous English form for an obsolete Portugese coin. |
| reichsmark | a German unit of currency. |
| renminbi | the currency of the People's Republic of China since 1948. |
| rial riyal | the unit of currency in Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia, aka RIYAL. RIAL is also an old English gold coin, aka RYAL. |
| riel | the basic monetary unit of Kampuchea. |
| rigsdaler rijksdaaler | a rix-dollar, a small Dutch silver coin. |
| ringgit | a monetary unit in Brunei. [Malay 'toothed']. |
| rouble ruble | a Russian monetary unit. |
| rubel | a currency unit of Belarus > RUBELS or RUBLI. |
| rufiyaa | a monetary unit of the Maldives. |
| rupee | an Indian unit of currency. |
| rupiah | the standard unit of currency of Indonesia. |
| santim | a former coin of Latvia > SANTIMS (which is also used as a singular). |
| santims | a former coin of Latvia > SANTIMI or SANTIMU. |
| satang | a monetary unit of Thailand, 1/100th of a BAHT. |
| sau | = XU, a Vietnamese coin. No —S. |
| sawbuck | a ten-dollar bill. |
| schilling | any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents. |
| scudo | a coin of silver or occas. gold formerly current in various Italian States > SCUDI. |
| semis | a coin of ancient Rome > SEMISES. [L. semis]. |
| semuncia | a Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound > SEMUNCIAE or SEMUNCIAS. |
| semuncial | relating to a SEMUNCIA, a Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound. |
| sen | a monetary unit of Japan. |
| sene | a monetary unit of Western Samoa. |
| sengi | a monetary unit of Zaire > SENGIS. |
| seniti | a monetary unit of Tonga > SENITIS. |
| sente | a monetary unit of Lesotho > LICENTE, LISENTE. |
| senti | a former monetary unit of Tanzania. No —S. |
| sentimo | a monetary unit of the Philippines > SENTIMOS. |
| sequin | an old Italian gold coin. |
| serafin seraphin xerafin xeraphim | a former silver coin of Goa. |
| sesterce sestertius | a Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a DENARIUS. |
| sestertium | a Roman money of account equal to 1000 sesterces > SESTERTIA. |
| sextans | a Roman coin, the sixth part of an AS > SEXTANSES. |
| shekel sheqel | the standard unit of currency of Israel, worth 100 AGOROT > SHEKELS, SHEKALIM or SHEKELIM; SHEQELS or SHEQALIM. |
| shilingi | a monetary unit of Tanzania > SHILINGIS. |
| siglos | an ancient Persian coin > SIGLOI. |
| silverling | in the Bible, a small silver coin. |
| simoleon | a dollar. |
| skilling | an obsolete coin of Scandinavian countries, of small value. |
| sol | an old French coin, 1/20th of a LIVRE. |
| soldo | a former Italian coin, one twentieth of a lira > SOLDI. |
| solidus | a Roman gold coin, aka BEZANT; a mediaeval silver coin worth 12 denarii > SOLIDI. |
| som | the standard monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan > SOMS or SOMY. |
| somoni | the standard monetary unit of Tajikistan > SOMONIS. |
| sou | a low-value French coin. |
| stater | an ancient Greek coin. |
| stella | a former coin of the United States. |
| stiver stuiver | a Dutch coin worth a penny or two; something of little value. |
| stotin | a monetary unit of Slovenia, worth one hundredth of a TOLAR > STOTINS or STOTINOV. |
| stotinka | a Bulgarian monetary unit, worth one hundredth of a LEV > STOTINKI or STOTINKAS. |
| sucre | a monetary unit of Ecuador, a silver coin worth 68 cents. [From Antonio Jose de Sucre]. |
| sycee | lumps of pure silver bearing the stamp of a banker or assayer and formerly used as money in China. |
| syli | a former monetary unit of Guinea > SYLIS. |
| tael | an Oriental denomination of money, also, a weight of one ounce and a third. [Malay tahil, weight]. |
| taka | a monetary unit of Bangladesh. |
| tala | the standard monetary unit of Samoa. |
| taler thaler | an obsolete German silver coin. |
| tambala | a Malawi monetary unit > TAMBALAS or MATAMBALA. [Nyanja 'cockerel']. |
| tein | a monetary unit of Kazakhstan, equal to one hundredth of a tenge > TEINS. |
| tenesi | a monetary unit of Turkmenistan. No —S. |
| tenge | the standard monetary unit of Kazakhstan > TENGES. |
| testoon | a Portugese or Italian TESTON, a kind of coin. |
| tetradrachm | a unit of Greek currency. |
| tetri thetri | a currency unit of Georgia > TETRIS. |
| thebe | a monetary unit of Botswana > THEBES |
| tical | an obsolete Siamese monetary unit. |
| tickey ticky | a former S. African coin, a threepenny bit. |
| tiyin tyin tyiyn tiyn | a monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan. |
| toea | a monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, 1/100 of a KINA. |
| togrog | a Mongolian currency unit. | tolar | the standard monetary unit of Slovenia > TOLARS, TOLARJI or TOLARJEV. |
| toman | a former Persian gold coin and money of account, nominally worth 10,000 dinars. [Persian tuman]. |
| toonie twonie twoonie | a Canadian two-dollar coin. |
| triens | a coin of ancient Rome > TRIENTES. |
| tughrik tugrik | a Mongolian monetary unit. |
| uncia | an ancient Roman coin, so called because it was an ounce of silver > UNCIAE. |
| vatu | the monetary unit of Vanuatu. |
| vellon | old Spanish copper money. |
| wakiki | shell money > WAKIKIS. |
| won | the standard monetary unit of N. and S. Korea > WON. |
| xerafin xeraphin | see SERAFIN. |
| xu | a Vietnamese monetary unit. No —S. |
| yuan | a Chinese monetary unit. |
| zack | an old Australian sixpence, now a five-cent piece. |
| zaire | the standard monetary unit of Zaire > ZAIRES. |
| zecchin zecchino zechin | a former Italian gold coin, aka SEQUIN. |
| zimbi | a kind of cowrie used as money. [Port. zimbo; of African origin]. |
| zloty | a former Polish monetary unit > ZLOTYS, ZLOTIES, ZLOTE or ZLOTYCH (1 ZLOTY, 2, 3 or 4 ZLOTE, 5 or more ZLOTYCH!). [Polish zloty, gold]. |
| zuz | an ancient Palestinian coin > ZUZIM or ZUZZIM. |
| zwanziger | an old Austrian silver coin, equivalent to twenty kreutzers > ZIMBIS. |