circulating medium
Example Sentences
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Ordinarily, the laws of trade, of demand and supply, will regulate and equalize the distribution of the circulating medium over the country.
From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.
It was the first money I had ever earned—my only transactions with the circulating medium before that time, having been to spend it, as fast as it could be obtained from a fond father.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.
They pictured forth the lamentable results that would follow its passage, and the direful consequences that would ensue from an increase of the circulating medium of the country.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)
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 Gray, William Henry
The currency of the State banks, fairly worthless, was nearly the only circulating medium.
From Lincoln, the Politician by Levy, T. Aaron
