1. A monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound, formerly used in Egypt and Sudan.
Usage: plural of millieme; historical currency

Examples

• The Egyptian currency was historically divided into milliemes.
• Before decimalization, prices in Egypt were often quoted in milliemes.
• A millieme was a very small unit of currency in the Middle East.
• The old Egyptian pound was subdivided into 1,000 milliemes.