A dirham is a coin nearly equal in value to sixpence of our money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers] Reference

The local currency is the dirham, which is pegged at AED 3.67 to 1 US dollar.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Dubai's non-oil trade grows to Dh136 billion] Reference

We were told that half a dirham was the usual tip for this job and were directed to another fellow who would help us.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

I dug in my jeans pocket and pulled out twenty dirham.    From Wordnik.com.  [’Til Death] Reference

Even the mint tea here, I mean, 15 dirham is expensive.    From Wordnik.com.  [tourists] Reference

A silver dirham was minted with the Dallas family crest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysian Muslims Go for Gold, But It's Hard to Make Change] Reference

About eighteen months ago, one dirham bought 12.5 rupees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Falling Dollar, Inflation] Reference

Whilst for a load of whitest lime none more than dirham bids?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

Then he put hand in pouch, but found not a single dirham and said to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

He stopped and demanded eighty dirham far more than the original quote.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference

That cost me twenty dirham; she found a set of wooden spoons for the kitchen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

The new coins of gold (dinar) and silver (dirham) were standardized in weight.    From Wordnik.com.  [684-85] Reference

Now I stand before you without a single dirham in my purse, but I am at peace.    From Wordnik.com.  [2008 Hugo Awards Countdown: The Sites and Blogs Behind the Fiction – Novelettes | Spontaneous ∂erivation] Reference

Deyaar shares closed down 1.4% at 0.70 dirham on the Dubai Financial Market Sunday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dubai Real Estate Feels Impact of Slump] Reference

When the emirates created the dirham in 1973 they linked it effectively to the dollar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gulf States and the Dollar Link] Reference

Since then, the dollar has weakened against the rupee, and therefore so has the dirham.    From Wordnik.com.  [Falling Dollar, Inflation] Reference

The emirate's local dirham-denominated index has climbed 7% during the past five months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weakening of U.K.'s economy] Reference

Plural of daniq, which is 1/6th of dirham, and sometimes used to refer to 1/6th of Dinar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monday, October 31, 2005] Reference

The U.A.E. dirham is pegged to the U.S. dollar and it follows the Fed for its monetary policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Persian Gulf Markets Tumble] Reference

World Bank, and the Paris Club, the dirham is only fully convertible for current account transactions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference

If you need money to release our prisoners we will give you all you need up to the last dirham we have.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

Presently I saw Bishr drop a danik,353 so I picked it up and exchanged it for a dirham which I gave him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

Fisherman a beggar, who sought an alms of him, and said to one of his lads, “Give him half a dirham.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

Revenue in the first quarter was 460 million dirham, the company said, without giving comparative figures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Detained Ex-Deyaar CEO Proclaims] Reference

"Speculators are definitely bidding on a depegging, and that's why they're increasing their dirham deposits,".    From Wordnik.com.  [Gulf States and the Dollar Link] Reference

Said the boy, “Give me a dirham to buy sweetmeats withal and I will tell the how thou mayst acquit thyself.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

I urged him to take them, but could not prevail upon him; so I gave him the dirham and the danik, and he went away.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

For now, it takes notes of the local dirham currency, but the option of using credit cards will soon be introduced.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luxury Hotel Installs Gold-Dispensing Machine | Impact Lab] Reference

Boosting the value of the riyal or dirham wouldn't alter the world price of oil or the amount the Gulf countries export.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dollar Bind: Gulf Rethinks Currency Ties] Reference

Fret not thyself about the business, for I will make shift to seize her for thee, without expending either diner or dirham.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

The committee is studying the benefits of depegging or revaluing and will help coordinate any depegging of the U.A.E. dirham.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.A.E. Studies Possible Depegging] Reference

He said he watches the dirham-rupee exchange rate closely to gauge how much he can send home to his family in the Punjab region.    From Wordnik.com.  [Falling Dollar, Inflation] Reference

Last Thursday, Emirati financial centers stopped facilitating money transfers for Iranians in the Emirates 'currency, the dirham.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sanctions on Iran prompt concerns about rial's value as currency] Reference

For an unspecified provisional period, dealings along with the euro would also be possible in the Saudi riyal and the Emirates dirham.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference