Definitions
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- noun A unit of currency in Botswana equal to 1/100 of the pula.
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- noun A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Botswanan
pula .
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- noun 100 thebe equal 1 pula in Botswana
Etymologies
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Examples
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The bus to Gaborone cost 8 pula each way, about $2, a huge sum for Seeletso, who rarely had more than a few thebe—a hundred of which made up a pula—in her pocket.
No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007
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Her capital was the grand total of two hundred and thirty eight pula and forty-five thebe, and that would buy, at the most, one secondhand typewriter.
The Kalahari Typing School For Men Smith, Alexander McCall 2002
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At the moment, all that she had in her savings account was two hundred and thirty-eight pula and forty-five thebe.
The Kalahari Typing School For Men Smith, Alexander McCall 2002
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And he had never charged a single thebe for his time, and of course he never would.
The Kalahari Typing School For Men Smith, Alexander McCall 2002
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Standard Chartered Bank of Botswana added 1.27 percent or five thebe to 400t, First National Bank put on 1.3 percent or five thebe to 390t, Botswana Insurance was 5.26 percent or 55t up at 11.00 pula and Sechaba Brewery Holdings closed 4.41 percent or 21t up at
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One other counter featured: Medical Rescue International Botswana dropped 2.56 percent or five thebe to close at 190t.
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Not a single thebe was owed on the garage; the house was subject to no bond; and the three accounts in Barclays Bank of Botswana were replete with pula.
Tears Of The Giraffe Smith, Alexander McCall, 1948- 2000
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Standard was down 4.55 percent or 25 thebe to 420t; information technology company RPC Data dropped 2.86 percent or five thebe to
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An unchanged interim of 20 thebe was declared, bringing the dividend for the year up one thebe to 36 thebe.
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A second half dividend of 26 thebe was declared, bringing the total for the year to 30 thebe.
oroboros commented on the word thebe
The·be (th bee): Moon of Jupiter: a small natural satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1980. With a diameter of 100 km (60 mi), it is Jupiter's fourth most distant satellite, orbiting at a distance of 222,000 km (138,000 mi).
August 7, 2008