(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of Finland, equal to 100 penniä.
马克（芬兰基本货币单位，合100盆尼）
Example sentencesExamples
Finland granted its own currency, the markka, within the Russian Empire.
Finnish bankers forecast that the outgoing markka will be overtaken by euro as the most used currency by the beginning of next week.
More than 10 percent of Finland's exports are shipped by air and the stoppage would mean additional losses to Finnish industry of around 70 million markka per day.
If you were a counterfeiter in Finland before the euro, and you wanted to counterfeit the markka, after about half an hour you would have produced enough to saturate the market.
The markka, or Finnmark, is the basic monetary unit.
Origin
Finnish.
Rhymes
Farquhar, kaka, taka
Definition of markka in US English:
markka
nounˈmärkə
The basic monetary unit of Finland (until replaced by the euro), equal to 100 penniä.
马克（芬兰基本货币单位，合100盆尼）
Example sentencesExamples
Finnish bankers forecast that the outgoing markka will be overtaken by euro as the most used currency by the beginning of next week.
The markka, or Finnmark, is the basic monetary unit.
More than 10 percent of Finland's exports are shipped by air and the stoppage would mean additional losses to Finnish industry of around 70 million markka per day.
If you were a counterfeiter in Finland before the euro, and you wanted to counterfeit the markka, after about half an hour you would have produced enough to saturate the market.
Finland granted its own currency, the markka, within the Russian Empire.