zlotyhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zloty_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezloty, n.
First published 1933; not fully revised

zlotynoun

  1. 1915–
    a. A gold or silver coin of monarchic Poland. b. The monetary unit of the Polish republic; a note or coin of the republican currency.
    1. 1915
      The fourth witness..hath borne witness in the following words:—‘I..have seen how Jan Furman, a Scot, hath taken..40 Polish zloty, from that Kilian.’
      Publications of Scottish History Society lix. 63
    2. 1923
      The Polish Minister of Finance has decided that State loans..shall..be effected in Polish zlotys (a zloty is equivalent to a Swiss franc), at the current market rate.
      Times 3 March 16/6
    3. 1923
      The zloty, or gold franc, the nominal unit of Poland.
      Times 13 August 14/5
    4. 1944
      They've imposed a fine of 100,000 zlotys on Pinski!
      V. G. Garvin, translation of R. Gary, Forest of Anger xxiii. 90
    5. 1960
      When you have a few zlotys in hand, you can come back here and reimburse me.
      S. Becker, translation of A. Schwarz-Bart, Last of Just ii. 40
    6. 1970
      He promised me a room, food, and a small salary in Polish marks. The zloty wasn't yet established as a currency.
      New Yorker 6 June 33/1
    7. 1983
      The Polish Government has raised the price of edible salt to between 11 zloty and 17 zloty per kilo.
      Nature 28 July 299/2

zloty, n. was first published in 1933; not fully revised.

zloty, n. was last modified in July 2023.