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gourde
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gourde  (grd)
n.
See Table at currency.

[Haitian, from feminine of French gourd, dull, from Late Latin gurdus, blunt, from Latin, dullard.]
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Noun1.gourde - the basic unit of money in Haiti
Haitian monetary unit - the monetary unit in Haiti
Haitian centime - 100 centimes equal 1 gourde in Haiti

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As we're leaving he asks for 500 gourdes (about 20 dollars).
As a result of American occupation from 1915 to 1945, the gourde became pegged to the dollar at the rate of five gourdes for one dollar.
50 in Haitian gourdes - now around eighty-two gourdes - and told to go home.
 
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