toea
/ˈtəʊeɪə
/noun (plural same)
A monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to one hundredth of a kina.Men at the plant were paid an hourly rate of 80 toea and women 64 toea....
- The Kina replaced the Australian Dollar and the toea replaced the Australian cent.
- A lottery determined by the Commissioner-General to be a foreign lottery is 50 toea per ticket.
Origin
Motu, literally 'cone-shaped shell'.
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- put one's shirt on
- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- put on flesh
- putonghua
- put on one's thinking cap
- put on (or lose) weight
- put on the dog
- put on the ritz
- put option
- put (or bring or carry) something into effect
- put (or give or set) one's mind to
- put (or have) someone's ass in a sling
- put (or have) the wind up
- put (or lay) one's cards on the table
- put (or lay) one's head (or neck) on the block
- put (or lay) on jam
- put (or place) a premium on
- put (or place) someone on a pedestal
- put (or set) one's hand to the plough
- put (or set) one's house in order
- put (or set) pen to paper
- put (or set) someone right
- put (or set) something to rights
- put (or set) spurs to