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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 drachm, dram 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 drachma Greek monetary unit - monetary unit in Greece lepton - 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece

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drakme

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drachma

[ˈdrækmə] N (drachmas or drachmae (pl)) [ˈdrækmiː] → dracma m (sometimes f)

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drachma

[, (pl)]

n pl <-e or -s> → Drachme f

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drachma

[ˈdrækmə] n (drachmas or drachmae (pl)) [ˈdrækmiː] (coin) → dracma

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drachma

(ˈdrӕkmə) noun

the standard unit of Greek currency.

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