(n.) A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.
(n.) The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes.
(n.) That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money.
(n.) Fluency; readiness of utterance.
(n.) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
Example Sentences:
(1) For a union that, in less than 25 years, has had to cope with the end of the cold war, the expansion from 12 to 28 members, the struggle to create a single currency and, most recently, the eurozone crisis, such a claim risks accusations of hyperbole.
(2) Silvio Berlusconi's government is battling to stay in the eurozone against mounting odds – not least the country's mountain of state debt, which is the largest in the single currency area.
(3) Because while some of these alt-currencies show promise, many aren't worth the paper they're not printed on.
(4) Gavin Andresen, formerly the chief scientist at the currency’s guiding body, the Bitcoin Foundation, had been the most important backer of the man who would be Satoshi.
(5) • Criminal sanctions should be introduced for anyone who attempts to manipulate Libor by amending the Financial Services and Market Act to allow the FSA to prosecute manipulation of the rate • The new body that oversees the administration of Libor, replacing the BBA, should introduce a "code of conduct" that requires submissions to be corroborated by trade data • Libor is set by a panel of banks asked the price at which they expect to borrow over 15 periods, from overnight to 12 months, in 10 currencies.
(6) That was what the earlier debate over “currency wars” – when emerging markets complained about being inundated by financial inflows from the US – was all about.
(7) The initial impact was felt on the local currency market where a shortage of foreign exchange caused a looming crisis.
(8) Single-currency membership has no bearing on the foreign policy post.
(9) By easing these huge flows of hundreds of billions across borders, the single currency played a material role in causing the continent's crisis.
(10) This deal also promotes the separation of the single market and single currency – a British objective for many years that would have been unthinkable in the Maastricht era.
(11) Investors recognised the true horror of Europe’s toxic bank debts, and the restrictions imposed by the single currency.
(12) But he added: “It’s also true that extremely low oil prices, adverse changes in currency rates, and a further decline in power prices are having a significant effect on our business.” Tony Cocker, the chief executive of E.ON UK, said milder weather and improved energy efficiency in British homes were behind the fall in power use, hitting sales.
(13) It announced that it would phase out the dual currency system.
(14) It is one of six banks involved in talks with the Financial Conduct Authority over alleged rigging in currency markets and Ross McEwan, marking a year as RBS boss, also pointed to a string of other risks in a third quarter trading update.
(15) Spain was the worst hit of the currency bloc's major economies with a 0.8% drop in industrial production.
(16) But Frank argues the disastrous attempt at curbing markets through currency reform in 2009 has shown the cost of turning back from change.
(17) The survey also found that Osborne's currency union veto made 30% more likely to vote no with only 13% more inclined to vote yes.
(18) Eurozone leaders ooze confidence that Greece’s financial collapse could be easily weathered by the rest of the currency bloc.
(19) But persistent falls in the currency’s value during December towards the previous low point has increased the cost of imported goods and forced businesses to say that price rises are in the pipeline.
(20) Updated at 2.48pm GMT 1.42pm GMT Another question riffing off Britain's EU referendum - how will Europe draw up new structures such as co-ordinated banking supervision when some members of the EU are refusing to ever join the single currency?
Florin
Definition:
(n.) A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.
Example Sentences:
(1) Southampton had lost Toby Alderweireld to an early injury but Florin Gardos seamlessly filled the gap alongside José Fonte.
(2) In the process, they made the return leg next Wednesday feel like a formality – even Hart might get a game – and as a measure of their performance it is no exaggeration to say Florin Nita, Steaua’s goalkeeper, had authentic credentials to be recognised as the game’s outstanding performer.
(3) The costs for the reagents were about 0.5 Dutch florin (ca 0.30 US-$) per well.
(4) Assuming the inclusion of France as one of these 'big five', Tom Edwards correctly identified the "perma-permed, shopping addicted Romanian waste of space, Florin Raducioiu .
(5) The other option is the Romania international Florin Gardos, who has been given only 46 minutes of Premier League action since joining from Steaua Bucharest in the summer.
(6) Educational intervention programs in Florin, Greece, a mountainous rural area with a low (15-20%) attendance at prenatal clinics, were conducted to reduce perinatal and infant morbidity and mortality and to promote physical and psychomotor development.
(7) congesta C. Y. Cheng, E. minuta Florin, E. minuta var.
(8) From the resulting corner Florin Andone looped a header on to the roof of the net.
(9) One in three practices did not keep patients' electronic records up to date, which could mean that a patient may not be called for a blood test at the right time.At the Norris Road surgery, run by Dr Michael Florin, "we found confidential records left unattended or not securely storied in a number of areas of the practice".
(10) His stories veer from the Romania forward Florin Raducioiu opting "to go shopping at Harvey Nics with the in-laws" rather than play for West Ham against Stockport, to the Portugal striker Paulo Futre's refusing to wear the club's No 16 shirt ahead of a match against Arsenal.
(11) ex Mey., E. fedtschenkoae Pauls, and E. regeliana Florin are described, compared and illustrated with line drawings.
(12) Córdoba had looked more likely to win the game and Florin Andone hit the crossbar after 67 minutes with a lob over Iker Casillas in the Madrid goal.
(13) It was shown on the basis of NMR-H spectra that the addition of proton to dianions of Zn-octaethylchlorine, Zn-octaethylporphin, and Zn-monoasaethioporphyrin results in the formation of products with the structure of alpha-dihydroflorine, alpha-florine, and gamma-florine respectively.
(14) In this paper, the morphological and histological characters of crude drugs derived from Ephedra likiangensis Florin, E. likiangensis f. mairei (Florin) C. Y. Cheng, E. saxatilis Royle ex Florin, E. gerardiana Wall, E. gerardiana var.