unit of currency
noun[C]
ukuspluralunits of currencyMONEY,ECONOMICS
themoneythat is used in aparticularcountry:
Thepoundsterlingis theunitofcurrencyin the UK.
Examplesofunit of currency
unit of currency
These new and old shekels are purely aunitofcurrencyrather than a unit of weight.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In a monetary system known as the gold standard, a certain weight of gold was given the name of aunitofcurrency.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the general price level rises, eachunitofcurrencybuys fewer goods and services.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is often called the molecularunitofcurrencyof intracellular energy transfer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The dollar is also used as the standardunitofcurrencyin international markets for commodities such as gold and petroleum.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 1837, the peso, worth 8 reales, became the primaryunitofcurrency.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Economic exchanges were conducted by gift giving, particularly to kings ("bali") and priests ("dana"), and barter using cattle as aunitofcurrency.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mina, like the shekel, was also aunitofcurrency.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It became the smallestunitofcurrencyfollowing the removal of the half-centavo in 1908.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.No subdivisions of the real existed until after the real had ceased to be the primaryunitofcurrency.
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