drachma
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 lepta. Abbreviation: dr., drch.
the principal silver coin of ancient Greece.
a small unit of weight in ancient Greece, approximately equivalent to the U.S. and British apothecaries' dram.
any of various modern weights, especially a dram.
Origin of drachma
1- Also drachm.
Other words from drachma
- drachmal, adjective
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How to use drachma in a sentence
Those who transgressed this regulation were punished with a fine of two thousand drachmas.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkThe expense of a supper in Luculluss hall of Apollo, amounted to fifty thousand drachmas.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsAccording to Lucian, the earthenware lamp which had belonged to the sage was bought by an antiquarian for 3000 drachmas.
A medimnus312 of salt was sold for forty drachmas, and a modius313 of corn sold for three hundred drachmas.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV | Aubrey StewartTen thousand drachmas, a fictitious unit of currency established by foxy old Mammon, was the flat fee for use of the road.
Satan and the Comrades | Ralph Bennitt
British Dictionary definitions for drachma
/ (ˈdrækmə) /
the former standard monetary unit of Greece, divided into 100 lepta; replaced by the euro in 2002
US another name for dram (def. 2)
a silver coin of ancient Greece
a unit of weight in ancient Greece
Origin of drachma
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