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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Leron Shalit:

   This feels like the last opportunity to do something. Things are getting really serious, we want to send a message about staying in the euro because if we go back to the drachma, things will be incredibly difficult. We don't need to get to that point.

4. 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.

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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