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drach·ma

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–noun, plural -mas, -mae

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1.	a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece, equal to 100 lepta. Abbreviation: dr., drch.

2.	the principal silver coin of ancient Greece.

3.	a small unit of weight in ancient Greece, approximately equivalent to the U.S. and British apothecaries' dram.

4.	any of various modern weights, esp. a dram.

Also, drachm.

[Origin: 1520–30; < L < Gk drachm, prob. equiv. to drach- base of drássesthai to grasp + -mé n. suffix (hence lit., handful)

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drachmal, adjective

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n. pl. drach·mas or drach·mae (-mē)

The primary unit of currency in Greece before the adoption of the euro.
An ancient Greek silver coin.
One of several modern units of weight, especially the dram.

[Latin, from Greek drakhmē, from drassesthai, drakh-, to grasp.]

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drachma

1579, from Gk. drakhme, an Attic coin and weight, probably originally "a handful" (see dram).

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drachma
noun
1.	a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains [syn: dram]
2.	formerly the basic unit of money in Greece

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drachma [ˈdrӕkmə] noun

the standard unit of Greek currency

Arabic:	دْراخْمَه: عِمْلَه يونانِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	德拉克马（希腊货币单位）
Chinese (Traditional):	德拉克馬(希臘貨幣單位)
Czech:	drachma
Danish:	drakme
Dutch:	drachme
Estonian:	drahm
Finnish:	drakhma
French:	drachme
German:	die Drachme
Greek:	δραχμή
Hungarian:	drachma
Icelandic:	drakma
Indonesian:	drahma
Italian:	dracma

Japanese:	ドラクマ
Korean:	드라크마(그리스의 화폐 단위)
Latvian:	drahma
Lithuanian:	drachma
Norwegian:	drakme
Polish:	drachma
Portuguese (Brazil):	dracma
Portuguese (Portugal):	dracma
Romanian:	drahmă
Russian:	драхма
Slovak:	drachma
Slovenian:	drahma
Spanish:	dracma
Swedish:	drakma
Turkish:	drahmi