milreis

American

[mil-rays, meel-rays] / ˈmɪlˌreɪs, milˈreɪs /

noun

a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
a gold coin and former monetary unit of Portugal, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1910.

milreis British

/ milˈrɛiʃ, ˈmɪlˌreɪs /

noun

a former monetary unit of Portugal and Brazil, divided into 1000 reis

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Noun Inflected Forms

milreis

plural

Etymology

Origin of milreis

1580–90; < Portuguese: a thousand reis. See milli-, reis

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As Minister successively of Justice and Finance, Aranha squelched an inevitable counterrevolution, juggled Brazil's gold milreis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Growers have received about 2 milreis a bag from the Government for the rest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, one and a half hours after opening, a seven-year-old girl broke the ice, bought a 2 milreis doll.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only gradually will the new 10, 20 and 50 centavo pieces, the new, uniform-size cruzeiro bills supplant the timeworn milreis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The purpose of this condition was in order to improve the value of the paper milreis in order to increase the specie value of the revenues.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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