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DRCH. [1 record]

Record 1 2001-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

[A] monetary unit of modern Greece, equal to 100 lepta.

OBS

According to Currency Units: Unités monétaires, United Nations, 1991, Webster's Third New International Dictionary and The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, the plural form "drachmas" is the most common.

OBS

According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, the plural forms "drachmae" and "drachmai" are also used. According to The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, "drachmae" is also used.

OBS

GRD: abbreviation standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • drachmas
  • drachmae
  • drachmai

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
OBS

Unité monétaire (Grèce).

OBS

Pluriel : drachmes.

OBS

GRD : code normalisé par l'ISO et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
DEF

Unidad monetaria de Grecia [...] Se divide en 100 lepta.

OBS

GRD : Siglas en el sistema SWIFT del dracma griego.

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