| 释义 |
‖ inti, n.|inˈti|
[S. Amer. Sp., ad. Quechua Ynti, lit. ‘sun’, the name given to the Inca sun god; cf. sol n.5]
The standard unit of currency in Peru between 1985 and 1991, equivalent to 100 céntimos.
1985Times 9 Jan. 15/8 Peru will launch a new currency next month. The inti, worth 1000 sols, takes its name from the Sun God of the Inca empire. 1985Financial Times 31 July 1/6 There is wide speculation in Lima that the move signals..a tough new economic austerity programme, the devaluation of the inti and the imposition of exchange controls. 1988Times 15 June 8/7 There was a reward of four million intis ({pstlg}13,700) for information leading to his detention. 1989Economist 29 July 68/1 Opposition economists..predict that the fresh-issued intis are just the first of trillions to cover this year's projected public-sector deficit of 3,500,000,000,000 intis. 1991World Press Rev. Feb. 43/2 Now Fujimori plans to phase out the inti and issue a new currency, the sol, which will be worth 1 million intis. |