Thesaurus results for CURRENCIES

currency

noun

ˈkər-ən(t)-sē

as in cash

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? —

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 See all Example Sentences 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
Some countries, including the U.S., have tried to provide cash incentives for women to have more babies.

— Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025