/ˌmɛtɪˈkʌɪʃ/, /ˈmɛtᵻkʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌmɛdᵻˈkaɪʃ/, /ˈmɛdəˌkaɪz/, meticals.meticaln.
/ˌmɛtɪˈkal/, /ˈmɛtᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌmɛdᵻˈkɑl/, /ˈmɛdək(ə)l//ˌmɛtɪˈkʌɪʃ/, /ˈmɛtᵻkʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌmɛdᵻˈkaɪʃ/, /ˈmɛdəˌkaɪz/, meticals. The principal monetary unit of Mozambique, introduced in 1980, and consisting of 100 centavos.
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1980 Times 17 June 17/1 Mozambique closed its borders..yesterday to change the country's national currency from the old escudo to the metical (35 to the dollar).
1981 Britannica Bk. of Year 1980 550/2 Monetary unit: metical (new currency introduced in June 1980 to replace the former escudo at par), with (Sept. 22, 1980) a free rate of 28 meticals to U.S. $1 (68 meticals = £1 sterling).
1989 New Yorker 22 May 66/2 The value of the metical..was such that, to pay for a few small items..I had to count out seven large piles of bills.
1991 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 July 10/2 He flourished his pay-slip. 110,000 meticais a month, or about 110 US dollars.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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