reis
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 Rei n.;pl. Reis   A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent. [Spelt also ree.]

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 Re·is n.  The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.


 Reis n.  A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship. [Written also rais and ras.]

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 real
      adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified
             existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people;
             not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real
             illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is
             earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: existent] [ant: unreal]
      2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real
         reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman";
         "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time
         he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making
         real money" [syn: real(a)] [ant: unreal]
      3: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
         something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
         desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual,
          genuine, literal]
      4: not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real
         mink"; "true gold" [syn: true]
      5: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that
         poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the
         man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
      6: possible to be treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his
         brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to
         the poor" [syn: tangible]
      7: being value measured in terms of purchasing power; "real
         prices"; "real income"; "real wages" [ant: nominal]
      8: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not
         imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither
         substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and
         substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, material]
         [ant: insubstantial]
      9: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of
         land and buildings; real estate"
      10: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a
          surprising resemblance to veridical perception"-
          F.A.Olafson [syn: veridical]
      11: founded on practical matters; "a recent graduate
          experiencing the real world for the first time"
      n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number]
      2: an old small silver Spanish coin
      adv : used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally
            for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very
            gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable
            evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good
            yarn" [syn: very, really, rattling]
      [also: reis (pl), reales (pl)]


 reis
      See real