Meaning & use

qintar

noun·Advanced

A unit of currency in Albania, equal to one hundredth of a lek.

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Small purchases in Albania were once priced in qintars before inflation made the coins obsolete.

The old coin collection included several qintars minted decades ago.

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Qintar is the Albanian lek's subunit, comparable to how a cent relates to a dollar, though it is rarely used today.

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