noun
- the basic monetary unit of Mozambique
Usage: currency
Examples
- The price was listed as 500 meticais.
- She exchanged her dollars for meticais at the bank.
- The metical has fluctuated against the US dollar this year.
- Local vendors prefer payment in meticais rather than foreign currency.
- The government announced new metical banknotes would be issued.
- Tourism revenue helps strengthen the metical’s value.