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PORTUGUESE MONETARY UNIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Portuguese monetary unit mean?
• PORTUGUESE MONETARY UNIT (noun)
The noun PORTUGUESE MONETARY UNIT has 1 sense:
1. monetary unit in Portugal
Familiarity information: PORTUGUESE MONETARY UNIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PORTUGUESE MONETARY UNIT (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Monetary unit in Portugal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("Portuguese monetary unit" is a kind of...):
monetary unit (a unit of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Portuguese monetary unit"):
escudo; Portuguese escudo (formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo)
conto (1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal)
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