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Indian monetary unit
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paisa
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan [also: paise (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a rupee in various Asian countries. 2 (context historical English) (British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to 1/64th of a rupee. 3 A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Paisa may refer to: Paisa , a monetary unit in South Asia A person from the Paisa Region of Colombia Paisà , a 1946 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini, released in English as Paisan An inmate of one of the prisons in Honduras who did not belong ...
Usage examples of paisa.
A girl then, barely out of her teens, pure paisa like him, no native blood, able to trace her family all the way back to Spain.
His survival instincts urged him to run, but his paisa upbringing held him back.
Pedas were the simplest, most common sweetmeat, available daily in the mithaigalli of any part of the city for a few paisa a kilo.
To realize the value of those blue diamonds they must be sold one by one, or, at most, in separate pairs, and this with infinite care, so as not to arouse suspicion among the banians who are the traders in precious stones, and are ever on the outlook to screw the last copper paisa out of the seller unlawfully trafficking in them.