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milreis

(ˈmɪlˌreɪs; Portuguese milˈrɛiʃ)
n, pl -reis
(Currencies) a former monetary unit of Portugal and Brazil, divided into 1000 reis
[C16: from Portuguese, from mil thousand + réis, pl of real royal]
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(1) Na epoca em que publicou seu livro, em 1988, Sandra Graham fez uma atualizacao monetaria da seguinte maneira: "Durante o seculo XIX e parte do seculo XX, a moeda brasileira era o mil-reis, grafado 1$000.