Rials

Word RIALS
Character 5
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What do we mean by rials?

The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.

An old gold coin of England.

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The word "rials" in example sentences

The coinage is nominally that of the United States, but the dollars are Mexican, or French 5 franc pieces, and people speak of "rials," which have no existence here, and of "bits," a Californian slang term for 12.5 cents, a coin which to my knowledge does not exist anywhere. ❋ Unknown (1867)

That Iranian isolation theme only gets weaker when one learns that the country is dumping the dollar in its trade with Russia for rials and rubles -- a similar move to ones already made in its trade with China and Japan. ❋ Pepe Escobar (2012)

The cost of lamb is up 30% since early January to 260,000 rials or $21 at officials rates, for 2.2 pounds—hardly affordable for the average Iranian wage of $500 a month, residents said. ❋ Benoît Faucon (2012)

Bahari spent nearly four months in jail but was released on bail of 3 billion rials ($300,000) and allowed to leave the country to join his British wife in London in October. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rates range from around 190 rials per night at Al Waha to 320 rials at Al Husn. ❋ Brittany Hite (2011)

In Tehran, the dollar was fetching 12,200 Iranian rials on Wednesday, up from 10,850 on Monday, according to the Mehrs news agency. ❋ Jay Solomon (2010)

"If there's another shock, the rate won't fall back down again; it'll stay around 15,000 rials to the dollar," one prominent financial expert in Tehran tells me. ❋ Roshanak Taghavi (2011)

King Abdullah said Friday that all government employees would receive at least 3,000 Saudi rials $800 a month, while job seekers will be entitled to 2,000 rials a month—twice the average private-sector salary, according to labor ministry figures. ❋ Angus McDowall (2011)

Use of public transport has increased by nearly 20% since gasoline prices were raised from 1,000 rials about 10 cents per liter to 4,000 rials, according to transport officials. ❋ Farnaz Fassihi (2011)

Qaboos swiftly responded by firing 12 cabinet ministers and raising government salaries while agreeing to boost unemployment benefits to 150 Oman rials 380 USD a month. ❋ Sigurd Neubauer (2011)

But analysts say the rate increase means that the government - widely seen as on a drive to boost its income - will receive more rials for its petrodollars, even as the currency drop could contribute to inflation. ❋ Thomas Erdbrink (2010)

Last week, the Central Bank told banks to sharply increase interest rates on bank deposits to 21% from as little as 14%, to encourage Iranians to keep their money in rials and suppress the black-market rate. ❋ Bill Spindle (2012)

Other upscale hotels include the InterContinental Al Bustan Palace (Muscat; 968-2479-9666; www.ichotelsgroup.com ), where rooms start at 150 rials, and the Chedi, from 570 rials (Al Khuwair; 968-2452-4400; www.ghmhotels.com ). ❋ Brittany Hite (2011)

The retail exchange rate was 10,900 rials to the dollar on Sunday, softer than the 10,700 target set by the Central Bank of Iran after it pumped hard currency into the local market. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We are not taking in any rials to change to dollars or any other foreign currency, said Hamid Bakshi at an exchange office in central Tehran. ❋ Unknown (2012)

On top of the disorientation resulting from that change itself, Iranians were then victims of an outbreak of inflation and a sharp decline in the purchasing power of the rials in their pay envelopes. ❋ George Melloan (2011)

Despite the drop in the black-market exchange rate, the government has held the official exchange rate unchanged at about 14,000 rials per dollar. ❋ Bill Spindle (2012)

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