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cru·sa·do

(kro͞o-sä′dō) also cru·za·do (-zä′-)

n. pl. cru·sa·does or cru·sa·dos also cru·za·does or cru·za·dos

An old Portuguese coin of gold or silver having a cross pictured on the reverse.

[Portuguese, from past participle of cruzar, to mark with a cross, from cruz, cross, from Latin crux, cruc-.]

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crusado

(kruːˈseɪdəʊ) or

cruzado

n, pl -does or -dos (-dəʊz; Portuguese -duʃ)

(Currencies) a former gold or silver coin of Portugal bearing on its reverse the figure of a cross

[C16: literally, marked with a cross, from cruzar to bear a cross; see crusade]

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cru•sa•do

(kruˈseɪ doʊ) also

cruzado

n., pl. -does, -dos.

an early Portuguese coin of gold or silver, bearing the figure of a cross.

[1535–45; < Portuguese cruzado crossed, marked with a cross. See cross, -ate¹]

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"Now we're issuing policies in new Crusados. It is crucial to endorse all policies with an inflation index; it costs a little more, but it's dangerous without it."

The recently-devised "summer plan," the third plan in four years, introduced the new Crusado by eliminating three zeros from the old currency.