How to Use dirham in a Sentence

dirham

noun

• The Emirati dirham is pegged to the US dollar and is among the world’s most stable currencies.
  — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 20 July 2022
• The oldest of the coins is a Damascus dirham, a currency used on the Middle East, dated to 714.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 18 Apr. 2018
• The dirham will move more within its trading range in the coming weeks as banks adapt to the new system and as the economy strengthens, Jouahri said.
  — Bloomberg.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• Knight Frank, the brokerage that settled the deal, said the 5,000 dirhams per square foot was a new high and marked a departure from typical property sales.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2023
• Pay the captain directly with a 1 dirham coin (about 27 cents) for the one-way trip and settle in to an available spot on one of several benches for a no-frills yet delightful ride.
  — Jenny B. Davis, star-telegram, 17 July 2017
• The Emirati dirham has long been pegged to the dollar, making a Dubai trip now more expensive for those using British pounds, euros and other currencies.
  — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 30 Oct. 2022
• In January, Morocco widened the band in which the dirham can fluctuate to 2.5 percent up and down from 0.6 percent earlier.
  — Ahmed Feteha, Bloomberg.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• The carrier has also suffered from the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which has reduced the value of receipts booked in a host of weaker currencies because of the dirham’s peg to the greenback.
  — Deena Kamel, Bloomberg.com, 11 May 2017
• The first stage, originally planned for mid-2017, was delayed after fears of a weaker dirham prompted a rush for foreign currency.
  — Bloomberg.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• The Financial Times, which first reported about the creation of the committee, said around 40 cases valued at several billion Emirati dirhams would be moved to the committee.
  — Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
• Real estate transactions are done in Moroccan dirhams, though properties are sometimes listed in euros, Ms. Belouchi said.
  — Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 25 Aug 2024