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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

Comte applied the term to denominate the view of nature more commonly termed animism.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

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

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

Jefferson denominates it a "judiciary forgery," and I hope your Lordship will to-day confirm Jefferson's view, and put an end to this illegal iniquity.

From The Trial of Henry Hetherington by Henry Hetherington

And a further fact was revealed that man could not have found out for himself; viz. that this creation was made and finished in six Divine actings, comprised in what the narrative denominates "days."

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder

They are not satisfied to be as others, and the world usually denominates them cranks.

From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh

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

Issuance of international debt denominated in euro reached its highest level since the currency’s inception, the ECB said, and the euro became the leading currency in the green and sustainable international bond market.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

A substantial share of cross-border loans and bonds are denominated in dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

The rise in the value of the US dollar may also have had an impact, as the oil price is denominated in dollars and it makes it more expensive for non-US buyers.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

In the "Arabian Night's Entertainments," the unhappy subjects of this superstition were denominated "ghouls," but in the west they were known by the name we have already mentioned.

From The Frontiersmen by Gustave Aimard

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

Both systems are based upon a unit of sixty years, differing, however, in modes of denominating years.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall


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