metical
noun
a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
meticais
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pluralof metical.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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No wonder: the black market pays up to 1,000 Mozambican meticais to the dollar, compared with the official exchange rate of 42.
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