Meaning & use
Belga
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A former monetary unit of Belgium, equal to five Belgian francs, used mainly in international trade transactions from 1926 until the 1940s.
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Prewar shipping invoices sometimes list prices in belgas rather than francs.
The belga was created to give Belgium a currency unit closer in value to its neighbors' currencies.
A note on using this word
The belga never fully replaced the franc in everyday domestic use and disappeared after World War II.
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