paisa
noun
Also an aluminum coin and monetary unit, one 100th of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
paise
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pluralof paisa.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For a few paise he sold them golf balls that had been lost or abandoned on the course.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 3, 2013
Later, they pitched a tent on the sidewalk and started selling their own coffee at 25 paise a cup.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sample: "To make a payment of 36 naye paise, you first pay 4 annas or 25 naye paise, then pay the balance of 11 naye paise by tendering 1 anna and 9 pies."
From Time Magazine Archive
These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy begging for a few paise, walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, “Business as usual.”
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Howsever, it’s too thrue, but me moral strength is wonderful, so you’re heartily welcome, if ye can slaip on a plank floor an’ ait salt-pork an’ paise.
From Digging for Gold Adventures in California by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
