ten·ge

(tĕn-gĕ′)

n. pl. tenge

See Table at currency.

[Kazakh; akin to terms for coins in other Turkic languages such as Turkmen teňň, subunit of currency ; ultimately akin to Sanskrit ṭaṅkaḥ, a stamped coin, and Persian tanga, a gold or copper coin.]

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tenge

(tɛŋˈɡeɪ)

(Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Kazakhstan, divided into 100 tiyn

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Noun	1.	tenge - 100 tenge equal 1 manat in Turkmenistan Turkmen monetary unit - monetary unit in Turkmenistan
	2.	tenge - the basic unit of money in Kazakhstan Kazakhstani monetary unit - monetary unit in Kazakhstan

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tengue

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The state budget revenues in the first four months of 2019 amounted to 3.993 trillion tenge, budget expenditures - 4.128 trillion tenge in Kazakhstan, Minister of Finance Alikhan Smailov said during the government meeting on May 14.

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The weighted average US dollar rate at the morning session of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on May 2, 2019 amounted to 380.78 tenge,Trendreports with reference to the exchange.

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Kazakh Minister of Finance Alikhan Smailov said the state budget revenues in Q1 amounted to 2.9 trillion tenge.

State budget revenues in Q1 amounted to 2.9 trillion tenge

The weighted average dollar rate at the afternoon session of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on April 30, 2019 amounted to 381,13 tenge,Trendreports with reference to Kazakh media.

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