Meaning & use
Asper
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A small silver coin formerly used in the Ottoman Empire and other parts of the eastern Mediterranean.
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The merchant priced the goods at several hundred aspers.
Historians found records of taxes paid in aspers during the sultan's reign.
A note on using this word
From the Greek 'asper,' meaning rough or white, referring to the coin's unstamped silver surface.
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