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denominate

[dih-nom-uh-nayt] / dɪˈnɒm əˌneɪt /


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They chose to denominate in dollars precisely because the dollar was already the world’s numeraire.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

He said he and Mr. Raisi had agreed to strengthen cooperation in energy, industry and transportation, and to increasingly use national currencies — rather than the U.S. dollar — to denominate their trade.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2022

While keeping their own currencies, and central banks, countries would agree to denominate all international payments in a common accounting unit, which Keynes named the bancor, and to clear all international payments through the ICU.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2019

Prices of Ukraine’s dollar denominate bonds were steady on Friday, according to Tradeweb data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2015

In sharp contrast to a topic like 'long multiplication' stands a topic like denominate numbers.

From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Edward L. (Edward Lee) Thorndike

But despite the fact Concacaf has headquarters and regional offices in the US and the fact it denominates its revenues in US dollars, its auditor is not American.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2011

There is a legion of secondary symptoms of proctitis, all of which medical empiricism considers and denominates causes.

From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton) Jamison

The apostle Paul says we are the children of a covenant, which he denominates “The free woman.”

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 by Aaron Walker

Hippocrates called it φυσις, or nature, which he elsewhere denominates ενορωντα.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

The second of Kant's groups of Categories, in the order in which it is most appropriate now to consider them, he denominates Relation.

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

A 1624-vintage perpetual Dutch security, originally bearing a yield of 6.25% and denominated in gold, was issued to finance essential repairs to some dikes along the lower Rhine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

That might mean selling assets denominated in the U.S. dollar so investors can repay their yen-based loans.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Gold rose in early trade amid a slightly weaker dollar that makes the U.S.-dollar denominated precious metal less expensive for potential investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Issuance of international debt denominated in euro reached its highest level since the currency’s inception, the ECB said, and the euro became the leading currency in the green and sustainable international bond market.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

I cannot conclude this article without noticing the singular properties of those electric fishes denominated the torpedo-ray and the gymnote.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

This obsession with petrodollars pulls our attention away from something more fundamental: the dollar’s role as the world’s numeraire, the denominating currency against which all or most other prices, contracts, and values are expressed.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

From 1860 to 1924, Congress passed almost 60 statutes denominating the “Duwamish and other allied tribes in Washington,” and appropriated funds to the Duwamish Tribe and other treaty tribes.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2022

Keynes wanted the IMF to act as a central bank of central banks, denominating their accounts in a new global currency.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2017

But the role of the U.S. dollar as the world's main reserve currency denominating large chunks of that debt pile is showing up as complicating factor that's added to risk of instability.

From Reuters ● May 11, 2016

French historians have censured Washington for the death of Jumonville, denominating the attack upon his small party "assassination."

From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer


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