Recent Examples on the WebBesides 200,000 Polish zloty ($50,374) from the Polish Olympic Committee, Klaudia Zwolińska is also reportedly poised to receive a painting, a holiday voucher, a scholarship and a diamond for claiming silver in the women's canoe slalom K1 competition.—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 31 July 2024 Without the protection of a single currency, high inflation has hit their currencies—the Hungarian forint and the Polish zloty—particularly hard, leading their respective central banks to raise rates much more aggressively than the ECB.—Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2023 Ticket machines at all metro and train stations can be accessed using a card or cash, costing between 3.40 zloty (around 89 cents) and 7 zloty (around $1.80) for a ticket.—Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2024 The chain last year ran about 8,000 outlets, with sales rising 22% to 12.4 billion zloty ($2.5 billion).—Piotr Bujnicki, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for zloty
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Polish złoty (genitive plural złotych after numerals above four), noun derivative of złoty "of gold, golden," derivative of złoto "gold" — more at gold entry 1
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