milreis

[ mil-reys; Portuguese meel-reys ]

noun

, plural mil·reis.

1. a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
2. a gold coin and former monetary unit of Portugal, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1910.

milreis

/ milˈrɛiʃ; ˈmɪlˌreɪs /

noun

1. a former monetary unit of Portugal and Brazil, divided into 1000 reis

Word History and Origins

Origin of milreis¹

1580–90; < Portuguese: a thousand reis. See milli-, reis

Word History and Origins

Origin of milreis¹

C16: from Portuguese, from mil thousand + réis, pl of real royal

Example Sentences

I do not know if the 1,665,710 kilos, representing the difference between what England shipped to Angola in 1891 and what she shipped in 1896, was supplied in the latter years from Portugal of Portuguese manufacture; but assuming such to have been the case, the position from a tariff point of view would work out as follows: 1,665,710 kilos of cottons from Manchester would pay duty, at 250 reis per kilo, 416,427½ milreis.

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Taking the exchange at 3s. sterling per milreis, this amounts to �62,464.

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Reis, rās, n. a Portuguese money, of which 1000 make a milreis—4s. 5d.

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Milreis, mil′rēs, n. a thousand reals: a Portuguese coin worth about 4s. 5d.

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The terms were so many thousand milreis per month, a sum that on paper looked truly formidable, but actually was equal to about seven pounds of English money.

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