forint

noun

fo·rint ˈfȯr-ˌint

plural forints also forint

the basic monetary unit of Hungary see Money Table

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Without the protection of a single currency, high inflation has hit their currencies—the Hungarian forint and the Polish zloty—particularly hard, leading their respective central banks to raise rates much more aggressively than the ECB. —

Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2023 To improve Hungarians’ purchasing power, the government also pegged the national currency, the forint, to the euro and Swiss franc at an unrealistically favorable exchange rate. —

Dariusz Kalan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2015 Hungary is a member of the European Union, making continental travel a breeze (though remember that the country uses its own currency, the forint). —

Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024 The forint has dropped more than 10% against the euro this year, the third-worst performance among emerging market currencies after the Argentine peso and the Turkish lira, largely because of uncertainty over EU fund access. —

Jorge Valero, Bloomberg.com, 12 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for forint