rin

[ rin ]

/ rɪn /

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noun, plural rin.

a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.

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Origin of rin

1870–75; <Japanese ri(n) <Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese lí;cf. likin

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