Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

south pacific peso

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: south -paci-fic pe-so
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Australian dollar.

Australian usage; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"The poor sods aren’t exactly blaming me for the declining value of the “South Pacific peso” but they have to direct their panic somewhere."
"The US dollar is worth considerably more than our South Pacific peso so exchange rates have to be carefully considered."
"We might take some comfort from the fact that the US dollar also fell heavily against the pound, loonie, krona, real, kiwi and the usual “risk on” suspects but none of them outpaced the South Pacific peso."

Usage

Inflected Forms

South Pacific pesos (plural)

Questions

What does south pacific peso mean?: The Australian dollar.

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