Denomination (currency) Denomination (currency) Denomination is a proper description of a currency amount, usually for coins or banknotes. Denominations may also be used with other means of payment like gift cards. For example, "five euros" is the denomination of a five euro note. In a currency, there is usually a main unit (base), and a subunit that is a fraction of the main unit. In some countries, there are multiple levels of subunits. In the former Ottoman Empire, 1 lira = 100 kuruş = 4000 para = 12000 akçe. Today, only a few places have more than one subunit, notably the Jordanian
Language and the euro 'Europe'), a masculine noun with its plural "ewros". For cent, "cent" is used, a masculine noun with the plural "centys". In Croatian the euro and cent are called "euro" and "cent" (occasionally the word "eurocent" is used instead of "cent" to distinguish the euro denomination versus its foreign counterparts). Plural forms are, like in many Slavic languages, somewhat complex. The general plural form of euro is "euri", but the paucal or identically written (but not identically pronounced) genitive plural "eura" is used with all numbers, thus "27 eura". The numbers ending in 1 (e.g. 21 or 101) take the nominative