forint

noun

fo·​rint ˈfȯr-ˌint How to pronounce forint (audio)
plural forints also forint
the basic monetary unit of Hungary see Money Table

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Dinner for two: about 65,000 forints, including drinks and service. — Evan Rail, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 Approximately 780,000 incorrect charges totaling over 2 billion forints ($5.43 million) in one night. — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025 Although by law donors can be paid only 7,500 forints (£15) in cash, there is no regulation on additional incentives, such as shopping vouchers and entry into prize draws and lotteries. — The Week Uk, theweek, 25 Nov. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for forint

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Etymology

Hungarian

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of forint was in 1946

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