circulating medium
Example Sentences
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Constitutional powers, of the kind last mentioned—that is, the power to ordain a standard of value and to provide a circulating medium for a legal tender—are subject to no mutations of any kind.
From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud
Its establishment originated in the imperious obligation imposed on every government to furnish its people with a circulating medium for their commerce.
From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Daniel Webster
I had not expected to draft on the department this spring; but there were no other means of settling with Governor McLaughlin, for the want of a circulating medium through which to operate.
From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by William Henry Gray
If the object were to furnish a circulating medium, the legal tender treasury notes would have been a preferable currency.
From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud
It was this picture that gave occasion for one of John Van Buren's noted sayings that were once a circulating medium in the lawyers' offices of New York.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton
