Sentences with phrase «in drachma»
The next doesn't really apply to Greece as things stand, since it's using the Euro, but if Greek debt had been denominated in Drachma it could have devalued its currency so as to repay the debt in funny money.
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This explanation makes sense to the bloggers behind The Drachma Startup, a blog chronicling the author's efforts to start a company in crisis - stricken Greece that deserves a hat tip for pointing the way to Sorenson's study.
That said, should Greece exit the EU we would anticipate a surge in tourism numbers as the probable return to the drachma would make holidays in Greece attractively cheap,» BMI said.
«So long as he correctly reported his income from the album sale,» Bayer tells CNBC Make It, «it doesn't matter if he got paid in pesos, euros, drachma or bitcoin.»
The first man is in a debt of 10,000 talents which is the equivalent of 100 million silver drachmas - an impossible amount ever to pay off for an ordinary worker.
In Luke 15:1 - 10, then, the two points are made: the shepherd leaves the ninety - nine sheep to seek out the lost one, and rejoices when it is found; the woman drops everything else to seek out the one lost coin (the coin mentioned is probably a Greek drachma, literally worth sixteen cents, but in actual purchasing power many times more than that), and rejoices with her friends when it is founIn Luke 15:1 - 10, then, the two points are made: the shepherd leaves the ninety - nine sheep to seek out the lost one, and rejoices when it is found; the woman drops everything else to seek out the one lost coin (the coin mentioned is probably a Greek drachma, literally worth sixteen cents, but in actual purchasing power many times more than that), and rejoices with her friends when it is founin actual purchasing power many times more than that), and rejoices with her friends when it is found.
In Greece and Cyprus, the choice could then be one between stronger growth measures supported by debt - forgiveness and renegotiated bailout terms or an orderly return to the drachma and the lira, accompanied by capital controls and a government recovery plan.
The drachma was Greece's currency before it joined the eurozone in 2001.
This silver coin is a tetradrachm, meaning it was worth four drachmas, and was minted in the city - state of Athens.
If you hope the Euro crashes, that this week's Brussels summit fails, and that European commerce returns to francs, marks, lira, drachma, and pesetas, you may be one of those rare Americans who also seeks the demise of the Common Core State Standards Initiative in U.S. education.
The article predicted Greece would leave the eurozone in a «structured and orderly fashion,» and that it would «reintroduce the drachma alongside the euro for a three - year time frame.»
Beyond that, vacations in Greece would become the rage, as they would be very cheap, even including the frictions of exchanging Euros into «New Drachmas.»
So I will be using some of my points for a stay in Greece this summer (I just don't know if I'll be using Euros or Drachmas when I visit in August...).
These range from lumps of Drachma, the in - game currency, to ability points (but not actual levels), crafting materials, and maps to the game's various secrets.
Drachma was something special, a weary but determined character who it seems has been through so much tragedy and yet still presses on, determined, in his goal for revenge and, eventually, for the good of the world.
It's commonplace in Japanese RPGs for the «old» character to be the best in the game, and in Skies of Arcadia, that character was Drachma.
Polishers take «rusty» items found along the journey and, for a few drachmas (the in - game currency), will reveal their true form.
Those who purchase select Custom Collector's cans, four - packs, and ten - packs are able to redeem their codes for the chance to win in - game prizes like Drachma (in - game currency), Animal Resources, World Resources and bonus weapons not available in the game, including the Dust Biter sword, the Face Breaker long stave, the Scepter of Thaati long scepter and Rain Bow.
The DESTE Foundation in collaboration with the exhibition's sponsor, INTERAMERICAN, will give a Prize at the end of the show, a travel grant to New York worth 1.000.000 drachmas.
Expecting to be paid in Greek Drachmas might be pushing it a bit, seeing as they're a bit difficult to find these days, but other than that your landlord can and may write into the lease pretty much any condition he wants.
History is littered with examples of the failure of money, such as the Mark in post-WWI Weimar Germany and the Greek drachma in 1944.