gourde [
guәd]
gourde[ noun ]
the basic unit of money in Haiti
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Gourd \Gourd\, Gourde \Gourde\ n. [Sp. gordo large.]
A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Haiti, etc.
--Simmonds.
- But a $60 million budget deficit has accelerated depreciation of the national currency, the gourde.