cruzeiro
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cruzeiro
1925–30; < Portuguese, equivalent to cruz cross + -eiro < Latin -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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The cruzado novo was replaced by the cruzeiro, Brazil's fourth currency in four years.
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The cruzeiro, which stood at 280 to the dollar when Goulart came in, is now at 825.
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That chronic invalid, the Brazilian cruzeiro, lost another 31.8% of its value in 1966, and thus would pay for only 2% of the goods and services it could command a decade ago.
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And to cement his reform, Collor replaced Brazil's latest currency, the new cruzado, with the cruzeiro, at a rate of 1 to 1.
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Reported by Neil Gross and Yurinori Ishikawa/Tokyo Business is booming at banks Inflation, devaluation and near economic collapse have reduced the buying power of Brazil's cruzeiro by 26.4% over the past six months.
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