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drach·ma
(drăk′mə)n. pl. drach·mas or drach·mae (-mē)
1. The primary unit of currency in Greece before the adoption of the euro.
2. An ancient Greek silver coin.
3. One of several modern units of weight, especially the dram.
[Latin, from Greek drakhmē, handful, a handful or bundle of six obols such as could be held in the fist (since the early Greek obol had the shape of a long, slender rod), from drassesthai, drakh-, to grasp.]
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drachma
(ˈdrækmə)n, pl -mas or -mae (-miː)
1. (Currencies) the former standard monetary unit of Greece, divided into 100 lepta; replaced by the euro in 2002
2. (Units) US another name for dram2
3. (Currencies) a silver coin of ancient Greece
4. (Units) a unit of weight in ancient Greece
[C16: from Latin, from Greek drakhmē a handful, from drassesthai to seize]
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drach•ma
(ˈdræk mə, ˈdrɑk-)n., pl. -mas, -mae (-mē).
1. the basic monetary unit of modern Greece.
2. the principal silver coin of ancient Greece.
3. a small unit of weight in ancient Greece.
4. any of various modern weights, esp. a dram.
Often, drachm. [1520–30; < Latin < Greek drachmḗ]
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Noun | 1. | drachma - a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight - any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces scruple - a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains apothecaries' ounce, ounce, troy ounce - a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound |
2. | drachma - formerly the basic unit of money in Greece Greek monetary unit - monetary unit in Greece lepton - 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece |
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drachma
(ˈdrӕkmə) noun the standard unit of Greek currency. dracma
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