A small coin, formerly the usual money of account in South India.

? an East Indian coin.

Any of various, usually silver, coins or monetary units used in the Portuguese colonies of India, esp. Goa, from the 16th to the 19th centuries…

A silver coin formerly current in India; for its value, see quot. 1727.

A gold coin of a type minted originally by the Republic of Venice, and until the 19th cent. used widely in trade and commerce throughout Europe…

= pagoda, n. 3.

A gold or silver coin of higher denomination than the rupee, formerly current in southern India. Now historical.

A name (originally of a weight) given in India, Iran (formerly Persia), and Turkestan to various coins… In Goa, and on the Malabar coast: see quots.

(a) A Persian silver coin (originally weighing 4.5 grams, 69 grains, and later reduced to 2.3 grams, 35 grains), equivalent in value to two…

The principal monetary unit of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and the Seychelles, equal to 100 paise in India, 100 paisa in…

More fully gold mohur. A gold coin used in India from the 16th cent. onward. Also called dinar.

An East Indian weight, chiefly used for gold or silver, varying at different times and places; (from 1833) in British dominions fixed at 180…

One hundred thousand. spec. of coins, esp. in a lakh of rupees.

A small coin and monetary unit formerly used in South Asia, with the value of a quarter of an anna. In later use also more generally: a very…

sicca rupee (also †rupee sicca), originally, a newly-coined rupee, accepted at a higher value than those worn by use; latterly, a rupee coined…

= mohur, n.

A former monetary unit of South Asia, equivalent to one-sixteenth of a rupee, and consisting of twelve pie (pie, n.5); a coin of this value.

The basis of the monetary system which prevailed in Southern India up to 1818; in this system 80 cash = 1 fanam, 42 fanams = 1 star pagoda (about 7s…

Of various English words. In form R. Rupee. Cf. re, n.2

any of a number of types of gold coin formerly current in southern India, of higher denomination than the rupee, and bearing the image of a star or…

Formerly: the smallest copper coin in use in South Asia, worth one twelfth of an anna. Now frequently in extended use: a minute amount of money. Cf…

elliptical. = sicarian, n.

An Indian copper coin of the value of one fortieth of a rupee.

‘A small copper coin, value 20 cash’ (Yule).

A gold coin, the pagoda.

a coin formerly used in Madras (now Chennai).

A chequin, a type of gold coin (see chequin, n.). Hence: a sum of money equal in value to four rupees.

= rupee, n.

(a) = pice, n. Now historical. (b) In India, Pakistan, and Nepal: a monetary unit equal to one-hundredth of a rupee. (See note s.v. naya paisa, n.…

In India: a monetary unit equal to one-hundredth of a rupee. Also: a copper-alloy coin with this value. Cf. paisa, n.

A monetary unit of Bangladesh, equal to one-hundredth of a taka; a coin of this value. Also in Bangladeshi English (as mass noun): money, cash. Cf…