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Westmark
(ˈwɛstmɑːk, ‖ ˈvɛstmark)
Also west-mark, west mark.
[Ger., f. west west n.1 + mark mark n.2 2 c.]
The currency unit of West (formerly western) Germany, as distinguished from the Ostmark of East Germany.
1948Times 2 Sept. 4/6 In view of the report that the east-mark is going to be recognized Berliners have been getting rid of the west-mark. 1959[see Ostmark]. 1964L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin v. 31 ‘How much money are you carrying?’ I spread the few Westmarks and English pounds on the desk. 1980A. Scholefield Berlin Blind iii. 129, I have postcards in the bus which you may buy with Westmarks. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Oct. 1230/3 In Germany..the Bundesrepublik offers 10,000 west-marks as the Thomas Mann prize, and the DDR 18,000 east-marks for the Heinrich Mann. |