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FILS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fils mean? 

FILS (noun)
  The noun FILS has 2 senses:

1. 100 Yemeni fils are worth one Yemeni rialplay

2. a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinarplay

  Familiarity information: FILS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FILS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

100 Yemeni fils are worth one Yemeni rial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

fils; Yemeni fils

Hypernyms ("fils" is a kind of...):

Yemeni monetary unit (monetary unit in Yemen)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("fils" is a kind of...):

fractional monetary unit; subunit (a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit)

Holonyms ("fils" is a part of...):

Bahrain dinar; dinar (the basic unit of money in Bahrain; equal to 1,000 fils)

dinar; Iraqi dinar (the basic unit of money in Iraq; equal to 1,000 fils)

dinar; Jordanian dinar (the basic unit of money in Jordan; equal to 1,000 fils)

dirham; Kuwaiti dirham (worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils)


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