rial


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ri·al 1

 (rē-ôl′, -äl′)
n.
See Table at currency.

[Persian, from Arabic riyāl, from Spanish real; see real2.]

ri·al 2

 (rē-ôl′, -äl′)
n.
Variant of riyal.
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rial

(ˈraɪəl)
n
1. (Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Iran
2. (Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Oman, divided into 1000 baizas
3. (Currencies) another name for riyal
[C14: from Persian, from Arabic riyāl riyal]
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ri•al1

(riˈɔl, -ˈɑl)

n.
the basic monetary unit of Iran, Oman, and the Republic of Yemen.
[1930–35; (< Persian) < Arabic riyāl riyal]

ri•al3

(riˈɔl, -ˈɑl)

n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rial - the basic unit of money in Yemenrial - the basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils
Yemeni monetary unit - monetary unit in Yemen
2.rial - the basic unit of money in Oman
Omani monetary unit - monetary unit in Oman
baisa, baiza - 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman
3.rial - the basic unit of money in Iran
Iranian monetary unit - monetary unit in Iran
dinar, Iranian dinar - 100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran
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His tall shadow strode with a swagger; she turned her back on the window and waited, watching the shape, of which the footfalls seemed the most mate- rial part.
I found in this seaman's chest about fifty pieces of eight, in rials, but no gold: I supposed this belonged to a poorer man than the other, which seemed to belong to some officer.
According to a statement posted on the government's website, the move aims to bring radical reform in the country's monetary system, including changing the name of the country's monetary unit from 'rial' to the commonly used 'toman'.
Second issue: Banknotes issued in 1972 under the supervision of Oman Currency Board (100 baisa, Quarter rial, Half rial, One rial, 5 rials, 10 rials)
"Second Issue: Banknotes issued in 1972 under the supervision of Oman Currency Board (100 Baisa, Quarter Rial, Half Rial, One Rial, 5 Rials, 10 Rials)." "Third Issue: Banknotes issued in 1976 under the supervision of the Central Bank of Oman (from 100 Baisa to 50 Rials)." "Fourth Issue: Banknotes issued in 1985 under the supervision of the Central Bank of Oman (from 100 Baisa to 50 Rials)." The replacement also includes Omani banknotes issued on November 1st, 1995.
While the rial has strengthened against the dollar on the open market, it has weakened against the dollar on NIMA.
According to a report in The News, a few days ago the Iranian rial was easily convertible and paying Rs2,100 could fetch you 100,000 toman.
Subsidies on utility bills, housing loans, fuel and other goods are cut to about 400m rials ($1bn), down from 1.11bn rials in 2015.
According to different websites, including Mazenne, which monitors foreign currency prices, the US dollar dropped 150 rials compared to Sunday and was sold at 29,150 rials.
Analysts argue that the recent appreciation in the Rial value was a psychological reaction to the surprise victory of Rowhani, who promised to improve the country's economy through attempted rapprochement with the world's major powers over the nuclear issue which would help ease international sanctions.
Sites such as Mesghal.com and Mazanex.com had rates blanked out for the rial's value against many other nations' currencies, extending a censorship that previously applied to dollar and euro rates.
Summary: Yemen's cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft budget for 2012 projecting a deficit of 561 billion rials ($2.6 billion), on revenue of 2.1 trillion rials and expenditure of 2.7 trillion rials.