Currency

//ˈkʌɹ.ən.si//

"Currency" in a Sentence (18 examples)

The exchange rates for foreign currency change daily.

In 1971 the United Kingdom changed its currency to the decimal system.

Britain's currency crisis has turned into a political one over government failure to stop the pound from going into free-fall.

The dollar was devalued against the Japanese currency from 360 yen to 308 yen.

You must convert dollars into the local currency.

That custom has little currency in Japan.

When a currency depreciates, that has an inflationary effect on the economy of the country of the currency.

Currency and bond markets are relatively calm.

The authorities managed to stabilize the currency.

The authorities are striving in vain to stabilize the currency.

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Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.

Money managers who play down currencies tend to argue that outguessing foreign exchange markets in the short term is perilous, and that, over the long haul, shifts in currency values tend to offset one another.

Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.

Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”), and has a national anthem that’s played on state occasions.

The jargon’s currency.

Fear of punishment has no currency with me as long as I remain convinced of the larger value of what I have done.

He […] takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value.

The bare name of Englishman […] too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful.

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