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something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
I prefer to carry only paper currency, as coins are too heavy
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Recent Examples of currency
And what 1960s family home did not boast a repository for loose pennies (my own was a glass figurine of Lincoln) to be totted to the bank in bulk once a year to exchange for currency?
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Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
In an announcement Sunday on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the cost of minting the coin featuring the profile of the country's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, is more than twice the currency's face value.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2025
Russian leaders must find a way to keep at least some of the population satisfied, but persistent inflation and reserve currency shortages flowing directly from the war have made this task more difficult.
—Ronald H. Linden, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
For 2024, net sales rose 12% on a constant currency basis to $50.32 billion, versus $50.47 billion forecasted.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
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Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
In an announcement Sunday on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the cost of minting the coin featuring the profile of the country's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, is more than twice the currency's face value.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2025
Russian leaders must find a way to keep at least some of the population satisfied, but persistent inflation and reserve currency shortages flowing directly from the war have made this task more difficult.
—Ronald H. Linden, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
For 2024, net sales rose 12% on a constant currency basis to $50.32 billion, versus $50.47 billion forecasted.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for currency
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At Marathon, Elliott helped facilitate the addition of a new director, transition to a new CEO, closure of the gap in per barrel EBITDA with VLO, retirement of 50% of its shares outstanding since 2021, and sale of the Speedway retail operation for $17 billion in after-tax cash proceeds.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Past leaders left us with underfunded pensions, reckless borrowing and asset sales that prioritized short-term cash over long-term stability.—
Bill Conway,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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But professional and personal challenges preceded the LP's success: In 1998, the Backstreet Boys left their management group and were entangled in a lawsuit with businessman Lou Pearlman over the amount of money earned for their first two albums.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The alternative is to commit the funds to other new projects eyeing the money, like Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir, an 82,000 acre-foot reservoir being proposed by the Del Puerto Water District, in Patterson, for the rural hills east of I-5 not far from the Stanislaus-Santa Clara County line.—
Paul Rogers,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Coining a Malady Ancient Greeks made their coins by extracting silver from lead-rich ore.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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Australia and New Zealand phased out their 1-cent coins in the 1990s, and Canada followed suit in 2012.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Currency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currency. Accessed 25 Feb. 2025.
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