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ADJECTIVES/NOUN + currency
foreign currency
(= the type of money that other countries use )
• You can buy foreign currency at the post office.
the local/national currency
(= the type of money that a particular country uses )
• The local currency of Zambia is the 'kwacha'.
a single currency
(= one currency for the countries in Europe )
• Britain does not use the single currency.
a hard/strong currency
(= currency from a country with a strong economy )
• They accept American dollars and other hard currencies.
weak
(= from a country with a weak economy )
• The fund was set up to support weak currencies.
stable
(= not likely to rise or fall suddenly )
• The government want to maintain a stable currency.
verbs
change/convert currency
(= change money from one currency to another )
• There’s usually a charge for converting currencies.
devalue the currency
(= reduce the value of a country’s money in relation to other currencies )
• The Finance Minister was forced to devalue the currency.
a currency rises/falls
(= it goes up or down in relation to other currencies )
• The currency fell from 144 to the dollar twelve months ago to 812.
currency + NOUN
currency exchange
(= the process of changing from one country’s currency to another )
• Banks make good profits on currency exchange.
the currency markets
(= the financial markets where currencies are bought and sold )
• the dollar’s recent rise on the currency markets
currency movements/fluctuations
(= changes in the values of currencies )
• Global trends such as oil prices influence currency movements.
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noun money used in a particular country ADJ. domestic | foreign They prefer to be paid in foreign currencies. | common, international US dollars are considered common currency in international transactions. | local You can convert sterling into the local currency. | national | European, Japanese, etc. | single the single European currency | major | stable, strong A stable currency means that your savings do not diminish in value | weak | hard | convertible VERB + CURRENCY change, convert sth into/to, exchange | buy, sell | devalue | support The fund supports weak currencies. | raise The country needs to raise enough hard currency to pay for its oil imports. CURRENCY + VERB rise | fall | float, fluctuate For four months all major currencies floated. The system allows currencies to fluctuate within certain limits. CURRENCY + NOUN conversion, exchange, translation The disappointing profits are due to unfavourable currency translations. | markets They make money by speculating on the currency markets. | deal, dealing, speculation, trade, trading | dealer, speculator, trader | crisis | fluctuation, movements | devaluation | system | reform | reserves PREP. in … ~ She had £50 in foreign currency. being believed/accepted/used by many people ADJ. general, wide, widespread VERB + CURRENCY enjoy, have This belief has general currency. | gain How did the idea gain currency?NOTEcurrenciesunit of money in a countrychange/convert sth into/to ~ I want to change 100 dollars into euros.buy, sell ~ The bank will sell you one Russian rouble for 4.14 Japanese yen.Many of the collocates of MONEY (for example make, spend) can also be used with currencies: The country spends millions of dollars on overseas aid every year.50-, 100-, etc. ~ coin/note a pound coin50-, 100-, etc. dollar billfor a ~ How many dinars will I get for a dollar?in (the) ~ The contract is denominated in euros. a tax of 30p in the pound~ for ~ The company promises to match any money the charity makes dollar for dollar.~'s worth of sth a million pound's worth of booksvalue of a currency compared with othershigh, rising, strong ~ Business should benefit from a stronger euro.falling, low, weak ~ The yen gained 10 points against a weak dollar.over-valued ~ Research suggests that the pound is over-valued.float ~ The UK floated sterling in June 1972.devalue ~ The Fiji dollar may have to be devalued.defend, prop up, protect, shore up, support ~ She dismissed suggestions that the central bank would intervene to prop up the euro.~ be worth sth One Saudi Arabian riyal is worth approximately 0.27 US dollars.~ strengthen The peso strengthened on the foreign exchanges.~ come under pressure The pound came under pressure against the dollar.~ close, open The pound closed yesterday at 1.4130 dollars.~ be fixed/pegged to Many emerging countries have their currencies pegged to the dollar.~ value The dollar value of the stock rose to $11.5 billion.~ terms The rise in government spending was equivalent to only 9% in dollar terms.~ exchange rate All prices are based on the South African rand exchange rate.~ traveller's cheques sterling traveller's cheques~ equivalent She was paid the dollar equivalent of £10 000.against the ~ The yen has strengthened against the pound.to the ~ How many dollars are there to the pound?depreciation/devaluation/reflation of the ~ the devaluation of the peso in 1994a run on the ~ The government increased interest rates to avoid a run on the rouble (= sudden large buying of the currency).the value of the ~ a rise in the value of the euroPER CENT
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