'Yen' definitions:
Definition of 'yen'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Yen'
From: GCIDE
- Ye \Y"["e]\ ([=e]"e), n.; pl. {Y["e]n} ([=e]"en). An eye. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- From his y["e]n ran the water down. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Yen'
From: GCIDE
- Yen \Yen\, n. The unit of value and account in Japan. The yen is equal to
- 100 sen. From Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, to about 1913 the value of the yen was about 50 cents. In
- 1997 and 1998 the value of the yen varied from 80 per U. S. dollar to 120 per dollar. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'yen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ache,
- aching,
- afghani,
- anna,
- baht,
- cent,
- centavo,
- centime,
- conto,
- crave,
- desiderium,
- Deutschmark,
- dollar,
- dong,
- florin,
- franc,
- guilder,
- gulden,
- hanker,
- hankering,
- Heimweh,
- homesickness,
- honing,
- hunger,
- kip,
- kopeck,
- krona,
- krone,
- languishing,
- languishment,
- lira,
- longing,
- lust,
- mal du pays,
- maladie du pays,
- Mark,
- milreis,
- nostalgia,
- nostomania,
- peseta,
- pie,
- piece of eight,
- pine,
- pining,
- pistareen,
- pound,
- rand,
- Reichsmark,
- rial,
- ruble,
- rupee,
- shekel,
- shilling,
- sigh,
- sol,
- sou,
- stiver,
- thirst,
- won,
- yearn,
- yearning