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denominate

[dih-nom-uh-nayt] / dɪˈnɒm əˌneɪt /


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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

Prices of Ukraine’s dollar denominate bonds were steady on Friday, according to Tradeweb data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2015

Hence his works can never be regarded as the pure model of that style of fiction which we denominate the Romance.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heinrich Heine

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

On the other hand, he is called God but three times, and denominates himself "the Son of God" but once, and that rather obscurely.

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

This, Comte denominates the "metaphysical" stage, mainly, because the solutions given were bound up with abstractions of physical realities.

From Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles by W. R. Washington Sullivan

The remainder of our drive leads across the plain of Argos, the "courser feeding," as Homer denominates it.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

It is to the truth of God that those devoted servants, whom he denominates "My Witnesses," give testimony, in their profession, and life, and conversation.

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham

That might mean selling assets denominated in the U.S. dollar so investors can repay their yen-based loans.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Lastly, Gavekal highlights that the value of financial assets denominated in dollars is growing as it issues a lot of debt while U.S corporates, especially AI companies, are selling huge amounts of debt and equity.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Most international transactions denominated in U.S. dollars must be settled by American banks, giving Washington the ability to monitor them—and cut off users’ dollars if necessary, crippling their operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

That amounted to 6% of the market capitalization of China A-shares, which are stocks denominated in yuan and listed mainly in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

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

Most especially was he interested in the fate of "Ash- heels," as the Innocent persisted in denominating the "swift-footed Achilles."

From The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte




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