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Definition of Milreis
1. n. A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills.
Definition of Milreis
1. Noun. A former currency of Portugal. ¹
2. Noun. A former currency of Brazil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Milreis
1. a former monetary unit of Portugal [n MILREIS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milreis
Literary usage of Milreis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"The bank-notes in circulation amounted to 80000000 milreis, ... The annual value
of sardines, tunny, and other fish caught is about 3750000 milreis. ..."
2. Tariffs: A Study in Method by Theodor Emanuel Gregory (1921)
"Suppose the paper money debt to be 10000 milreis as above. Under the 40 per cent.
rule he must change 4000 paper milreis into gold ..."
3. Manual of Industrial and Commercial Intercourse Between the United States by Thomas Savage (1889)
"The rate varies for a vessel drawing 9 feet, from 11 milreis for one 01 80 tons
... For the first American or English 100 tons, ЗЭ milreis; for each ton in ..."
4. Brazil Today and Tomorrow by Lilian Elwyn (Elliott) Joyce (1917)
"Exchange in Brazil is the measure of the paper milreis (one thousand reis) with
English ... The par value of the Brazilian milreis is twenty- seven pence ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"285.000 milreis. In consequence of the popular indignation against England, ...
294000 milreis. The number of steam vessels entered at the ports of the ..."
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