denominate
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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
Ah, but normally these states denominate their bonds in their own currency as well, giving them the option of currency devaluation.
From Economist ● May 24, 2012
There is a good deal of hardship to be encountered by any who would penetrate to the dim and mysterious region we denominate the North-West.
From Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
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
In accordance with this Principle, Comte establishes what he denominates the Hierarchy of the Sciences.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
They are not satisfied to be as others, and the world usually denominates them cranks.
From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh
We have seen, that according to his law of progressive generation, and as an instance of what he denominates "a modest and simple phenomenon," man was one day born of the monkey or the ape.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
Every person, conceives himself privileged to reason upon all the subjects of human intelligence; and whatever he may chuse to offer on any side of a question, he denominates his reasons for or against it.
From Sound Mind or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect by John Haslam
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
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
SoftBank said late Saturday that its initial investment, denominated in euros at €45 billion, aims to deliver up to 3.1 gigawatts of computing capacity across France at sites in Dunkirk, Bosquel and Bouchain by 2031.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
A woman denominated the matron, was entrusted with the control of the prisoners, under the superintendence of the ladies of the Society of Friends, composing the Newgate Committee.
From Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by John N. Reynolds
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
The only room accommodated some primitive furniture, a bed being the denominating as well as the essential feature.
From My Tropic Isle by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
