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soft currency (oh)



n [U and C]
money of a particular country that may fall in value and is difficult to exchange for the money of a country that is economically stronger
-see also hard currency hard currency

Samaritan (iou)



Samaritan noun & adjective. OE.
[Late Latin Samaritanus, from Greek Samareites, from Samareia Samaria (see below): see -ITE1, -AN.]
A. noun.
A native or inhabitant of Samaria, a region west of the River Jordan; esp. an adherent of a religious system resembling ancient Judaism accepting as scripture only the Pentateuch. OE.
b. = Samaritan Pentateuch below. Long rare. E17.
c. The Aramaic dialect used in Samaria; the script in which this is written. L18.
In full good Samaritan. [After Luke 10:33.] A person who is compassionate and helpful, esp. to those in adversity. M17.
A member of an organization founded in London in 1953 that offers counselling, esp. by telephone, to people in emotional distress or contemplating suicide; in pl., this organization. M20.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to Samaria or the Samaritans; used by the Samaritans; of or characteristic of a good Samaritan. LME.
Samaritan Pentateuch a recension of the Pentateuch used by the Samaritans, the manuscripts of which are written in archaic characters.
Samaritanism noun (a) the religious system of the Samaritans; (b) compassion, helpfulness: M17.