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pire

1. (loan) (noun) pill, tablet.

He rongoā, he pire hei kai māna mō tōna mate manawa. / She has medicine and pills to take for her heart disease.

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Synonyms: pirepire

pire

1. (loan) (noun) bill (political or financial), account.

Taetae mai ai ngā pire i ia wiki, i ia wiki. / Bills arrive every week.

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Synonyms: kaute, kōrero, whakamārama, pūtea moni

pire ārai hapū

1. (loan) (noun) contraceptive pill.

Ko ia tonu tētahi o ngā tākuta tuatahi ki te tūtohu i te pire ārai hapū i ngā tau tōmua o te tekau tau atu i 1960 (TTR 200:124). / She was one of the first doctors to prescribe the contraceptive pill in the early 1960s.

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