MIL-REIS
\mˈɪlɹˈa͡ɪz], \mˈɪlɹˈaɪz], \m_ˈɪ_l_ɹ_ˈaɪ_z]\
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The name of a piece of money in the coinage of Portugal, and the Azores and Madeira islands. Its value at the custom-house, according as it is coined in the first, second, or third of the places named, is $1.12. or 83y3 cents, or $1.
By Henry Campbell Black
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