piaster

A unit of currency equal to ¹/₁₀₀ of the primary unit of currency in Egypt and various other countries of the Middle East.

Piece of eight.

The unit of Turkish currency, represented by a silver coin worth about 4.4 United States cents (the Turkish name for it is ghū rū sh).

The Spanish dollar. See dollar, 1, and peso.

A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents.

Alternative spelling of piastre.

100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey

a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria