LEK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lek mean? 

• LEK (noun)
  The noun LEK has 1 sense:

1. the basic unit of money in Albania

  Familiarity information: LEK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Albania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("lek" is a kind of...):

Albanian monetary unit (monetary unit in Albania)

Meronyms (parts of "lek"):

qindarka; qintar (100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania)

 Context examples 

Then François went up to where Sol-leks stood and called to Buck.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He was called Sol-leks, which means the Angry One.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Buck sprang upon Sol-leks in a fury, driving him back and standing in his place.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

François unfastened Sol-leks’s traces and put him back in his old place.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Dave had bitten through both of Sol-leks’s traces, and was standing directly in front of the sled in his proper place.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Buck heard them go and raised his head to see, Pike was leading, Sol-leks was at the wheel, and between were Joe and Teek.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Sol-leks was the first to crawl to his feet.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Sol-leks was limping, and Dub was suffering from a wrenched shoulder-blade.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

In his judgment, Sol-leks was the best lead-dog left.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

François was obdurate, but when he turned his back Buck again displaced Sol-leks, who was not at all unwilling to go.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)