Meaning & use
Fil
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A small monetary subunit, equal to one-thousandth of the main currency unit, used in several countries such as Iraq, Bahrain, and Jordan.
See it in a sentence
The vendor asked for an extra five hundred fils for the delivery.
In Bahrain, one dinar is divided into one thousand fils.
A note on using this word
The word traces back to the medieval Arabic coin "fals," itself derived from the Greek and Latin follis.
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