Definition of "ngwee" [ngwee]

• See Table at currency. (noun)

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• "I got my import permit in 2 minutes and 31 seconds, and Colonel M. eventually got two 50-pound sacks of dried buffalo meat, or biltong, which at the time was worth more in Zambia than kwatcha or ngwee, which is Zambian currency."
• "A taxpayer could, for instance, say he wants Kwacha10. 00 of his tax to be spent on new hospitals, K5. 00 on salaries for parliamentarians, K30. 00 on subsidising a local mini-skirt factory, K1. 00 on a school near his house, 2 ngwee on agriculture and 1 / 2 ngwee on foreign aid."