Antonyms for drachma
ˈdræk mə, ˈdrɑk-drach·ma

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1. • Greek Monetary Unit
   • Apothecaries' Unit

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1. dram, drachm, drachmanoun

   a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains

   Synonyms:
   fluid drachm, fluid dram, drachm, fluidram, dram

2. drachma, Greek drachmanoun

   formerly the basic unit of money in Greece

   Synonyms:
   dram, drachm

How to use drachma in a sentence?

1. Barry Eichengreen:

   The parallels with Argentina are there. A broken banking system, an unsustainable debt, and the need to restore and enhance international competitiveness, but there are reasons to think that reintroduction of the drachma and devaluation would do less for Greece than devaluation did for Argentina. Greece is less open, it exports less.

2. Plutarch:

   He made the city [Athens], great as it was when he took it, the greatest and richest of all cities, and grew to be superior in power to kings and tyrants. Some of these actually appointed him guardian of their sons, but he did not make his estate a single drachma greater than it was when his father left it to him.

3. Barry Eichengreen:

   But there are reasons to think that reintroduction of the drachma and devaluation would do less for Greece than devaluation did for Argentina. Greece is less open, it exports less.

4. Panagiotis Trikokglou:

   The only thing that I care about is not being humiliated by Schaeuble and the rest of them, i don't care if we go to the drachma or whatever, we support the prime minister whatever decision he makes, but now I feel a little bad, not with the prime minister but with Germany's stance. This misanthrope Schaeuble, I don't know what he's trying to achieve.

5. Dimitris Paraskevas:

   With a return to the drachma, Greek business owners will have difficulty accessing capital, so maybe they sell their business to an international and sit out a difficult decade. There are many family-owned companies which will take this route.

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