forint

What it means

1. The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér.

   Better yet, there were no cover charges, and we didn’t bother to order drinks in half the spots. So, despite having a Slovak beer and shots of both the traditional Hungarian fruit spirit palinka and the bittersweet digestif Unicum, the entire evening cost 2,000 forints, under $10.

   2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times

In a sentence

Better yet, there were no cover charges, and we didn’t bother to order drinks in half the spots. So, despite having a Slovak beer and shots of both the traditional Hungarian fruit spirit palinka and the bittersweet digestif Unicum, the entire evening cost 2,000 forints, under $10.

2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times

Where it comes from

1. Italianfiorino“florin, the former currency of Tuscany”
2. Hungarianforint
3. Englishforint

From Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (“florin, the former currency of Tuscany”). Doublet of florin.