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1. baht, n. View full entry 1828
...= tical; the basic monetary unit of Thailand....
2. bezesteen, n. View full entry 1656
...An exchange, bazaar, or market-place in the East....
3. China, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1555
...The country so called, in Asia....
4. defterdar, n. View full entry 1589
...A Turkish officer of finance, esp. the accountant general of a province; also formerly, the Turkish minister of finance....
5. dong, n.4 View full entry 1824
...A monetary unit of Vietnam (now the principal unit and equivalent to 10 hào or 100 xu); a coin or note of this value. Cf. piastre3....
6. eleme, n. View full entry 1879
...attrib. in eleme figs, a kind of dried figs from Turkey....
7. fen, n.4 View full entry 1852
...A Chinese monetary unit equivalent to one hundredth of a yuan or one tenth of a jiao; formerly, a candareen. Also, a coin of this value....
8. hao, n. View full entry 1948
...In Vietnam, a monetary unit equal to one-tenth of a dong, introduced in 1885 and formally discontinued by 1986; a coin or note of this value....
9. hong, n. View full entry 1726
...In China, a series of rooms or buildings used as a warehouse, factory, etc.; spec.one of the foreign factories formerly maintained at Canton;the corporation of Chinese merchants at Canton...
10. jiao, n. View full entry 1949
...A unit of currency and coin of China....
11. kanban, n. View full entry 1977
...In Japanese industry: a card or sheet displaying a set of manufacturing specifications and requirements which is circulated to suppliers and sent along a production line to regulate the supply of components....
12. keiretsu, n. View full entry 1965
...In Japan: a hierarchy of suppliers, subcontractors, etc., owned or part-owned by a parent company which they serve. Also (in extended use)....
13. kip, n.8 View full entry 1955
...The basic monetary unit of Laos....
14. koku, n. View full entry 1727
...A Japanese unit of capacity equal to ten to, used for liquids and solids (esp. of rice as a monetary measure); equivalent to approximately 39·7 gallons (180 litres) or 4·96...
15. kyat, n. View full entry 1952
...The basic monetary unit of Burma (Myanmar) since 1952....
16. liang, n. View full entry 1827
...A Chinese weight, about 1⅓ oz. avoirdupois; this weight in silver as a money of account. Also called tael....
17. likin, n. View full entry 1876
...A Chinese provincial transit duty....
18. mongo, n.2 View full entry 1935
...A monetary unit of Mongolia, equivalent to one-hundredth of a tugrik....
19. Nikkei, n.2 View full entry 1974
...General attrib., esp. as Nikkei index. Designating an index of the relative price of representative shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Formerly also Nikkei-Dow(-Jones). Cf. ...
20. pya, n. View full entry 1952
...A monetary unit of Burma (Myanmar), introduced in 1952, equivalent to one-hundredth of a kyat; a coin of this value....
