baht

American

[baht] / bɑt /

noun

PLURAL

bahts, baht

a paper money and monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 satangs.

baht British

/ bɑːt /

noun

the standard monetary unit of Thailand, divided into 100 satang

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Etymology

Origin of baht

1820–30; < Thai bà:t, earlier, a measure of weight, ultimately < Pali pāda foot

Example Sentences

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The Southeast Asian country is hoping to generate 1.5 trillion baht from up to 30 million tourists this year.

From Reuters

The crisis kicked off in Thailand, where authorities had to devalue the Thai baht after months of trying to defend the currency's peg to the dollar drained its forex reserves.

From Reuters

A baht exchange rate of 34 to 35 per dollar is helpful for export prices despite falling export volumes, he added.

From Reuters

They turned bearish on the Thai baht , Asia's best-performing currency this year, the Singapore dollar and the Malaysian ringgit for the first time in three months.

From Reuters

Bearish bets on the baht were at their highest since August 2015, after the Bank of Thailand last week downgraded the trade and tourism-reliant country's growth forecast for the third time this year.

From Reuters

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