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dir·ham  (d-rm)

n.

See Table at currency.

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[Arabic, from Greek drakhm, drachma.]

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dirham [ˈdɪəræm]

n

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Morocco, divided into 100 centimes

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) the standard monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates, divided into 10 dinars and 100 fils

3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies)

a.  a Kuwaiti monetary unit worth one tenth of a dinar and 100 fils

b.  a Tunisian monetary unit worth one tenth of a dinar and 100 millimes

c.  a Qatari monetary unit worth one hundredth of a riyal

d.  a Libyan monetary unit worth one thousandth of a dinar

4. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) any of various silver coins minted in North African countries at different periods

[from Arabic, from Latin: drachma]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dirham - 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar Qatari dirham Qatari monetary unit - monetary unit in Qatar Qatari riyal, riyal - the basic unit of money in Qatar
	2.	dirham - the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 fils United Arab Emirate dirham United Arab Emirate monetary unit - monetary unit in the United Arab Emirates
	3.	dirham - the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes Moroccan dirham centime - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo Moroccan monetary unit - monetary unit in Morocco
	4.	dirham - 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia Tunisian dirham Tunisian monetary unit - monetary unit in Tunisia Tunisian dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in Tunisia millime - 1,000 millimes equal 1 dinar in Tunisia
	5.	dirham - 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya Libyan dirham Libyan monetary unit - monetary unit in Libya Libyan dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in Libya
	6.	dirham - worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils Kuwaiti dirham fils - a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar Kuwaiti monetary unit - monetary unit in Kuwait Kuwaiti dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in Kuwait; equal 1,000 fils