rial
noun (1)
ri·al
| \ rē-ˈȯl
, -ˈäl\
, -ˈäl\
variants:
or less commonly riyal
Definition of rial
(Entry 1 of 2)
the basic monetary unit of Iran, Oman, and Yemen — see Money Table
rial
noun (2)
ri·al
less common spelling of riyal
the basic monetary unit of Qatar and Saudi Arabia — see Money Table
Examples of rial in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The decision stopped billions of dollars' worth of business deals, largely halted the sale of Iran's crude oil internationally and sharply depreciated Iran's currency, the rial. — Aritz Parra, Anchorage Daily News, "US moves to halt release of Iranian tanker held in Gibraltar," 15 Aug. 2019 The decision stopped billions of dollars' worth of business deals, largely halted the sale of Iran's crude oil internationally and sharply depreciated Iran's currency, the rial. — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, "U.S. Wants to Extend Detention of Iranian Supertanker Grace 1," 15 Aug. 2019 By discouraging travel to Turkey, the Saudi government may hope to keep tourist rials at home. — The Economist, "Arab governments want to control where their citizens go on holiday," 18 July 2019 The Treasury Department said on Tuesday that more than two dozen sanctioned currency-exchange houses, trading companies and officials helped Iran’s military exchange Iranian rials into euros and U.S. dollars. ... — Ian Talley, WSJ, "U.S. Targets ‘Vast Network’ Evading Iran Sanctions," 26 Mar. 2019 The report focuses on $5.7 billion from Iranian oil sales that were frozen in Oman's Bank Muscat in that country's currency, the rial. — Maegan Vazquez, CNN, "GOP report: Obama admin worked to allow Iran to exchange billions to bypass sanctions," 6 June 2018 The Iranian rial has fallen to record lows in recent months against the dollar, as U.S. sanctions lifted under the nuclear deal began going back into place early in August. — Asa Fitch, WSJ, "Iran’s Supreme Leader Rules Out U.S. Talks in Trump-esque Style," 13 Aug. 2018 The family raised some funds but a crash in the value of the Iranian rial slashed that amount. — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, "One Family’s Struggle to Get Their Daughter Lifesaving Medication," 20 Jan. 2019 Already last month, protesters clashed with police outside parliament in Tehran in three days of demonstrations sparked by the Iranian rial plunging to nearly 90,000 to the dollar. — Amir Vahdat, The Seattle Times, "In Iran, economic worries grow as new US sanctions loom," 30 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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