stater
pronunciation
How to pronounce stater in British English:
UK ['steɪtə]
How to pronounce stater in American English:
US ['steɪtə]
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- Noun:
- any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
- a resident of a particular state or group of states
Word Origin
- stater (n.)
- ancient coin, late 14c., from Greek stater, from histanai "to fix, to place in a balance," hence "to weigh;" literally "to cause to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm" (see stet). Once the name of a specific issue of coin, in ancient Greece it became a general name for the principal or standard coin in any place.
Example
- 1. Stater bros. multi-purpose solution for soft ( hydrophilic ) contact lenses .
- 2. In 1895 , president grover cleveland ( a new york stater himself ) supposedly ordered the family 's white house tree festooned with multicolored electric lights .
- 3. ' The big challenge will be , how much can we swallow and how much can we pass along ? ' Said jack brown , chief executive of stater bros. markets , a 167-store grocery chain in southern california .