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as·per (as′pər)

noun

a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt, later a money of account equal to of a piaster

Etymology: < Fr aspre < MGr aspron < L asper (nummus), rough (coin): see asperity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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