bolivar
/ˌbɒlɪˈvɑː
/ /bɒˈliːvɑː / /boˈliβar/noun
The basic monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 centimos.He said it expects the same effect from exchange rates for the current fiscal year, mostly because of the dollar's decline against the pound and currencies such as Nigeria's naira and the Venezuelan bolivar....
- Finally, they raise an issue as to the date at which the loss, which was originally sustained in bolivars, should be converted into United States dollars for the purposes of the policy.
- Venezuela's minimum wage is 247,600 bolivars.
Origin
Named after Simón Bolívar (see Bolívar, Simón).
Rhymes
- (as) much as
- Asn
- as near as
- as near as dammit (or damn it)
- as near as damn it
- (as) nice (or sweet) as pie
- a snowball's chance (in hell)
- (as) nutty as a fruitcake
- asocial
- (as) of right (or by right)
- as often as not
- Asoka
- Asoka Chakra
- Asoka pillar
- as old as the hills
- as one door closes, another opens
- as one man
- a song and dance
- as opposed to
- as (or so) far as it goes
- as (or so) far as —— is concerned
- as (or so) long as
- as (or so) the saying goes (or is)
- as (or when or where) the fancy takes one
- asp