denominate

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

Ah, but normally these states denominate their bonds in their own currency as well, giving them the option of currency devaluation.

From Economist ● May 24, 2012

Moreover, there must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate Religion.

From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by James H. (James Henry) Leuba

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 apostle Paul says we are the children of a covenant, which he denominates “The free woman.”

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 by Aaron Walker

This last, the Reflective or Reciprocal Locution, is the grammatical type and illustration of Kant's third subdivision of the Group of Relation, that, namely, which he denominates Reciprocal Action.

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

The word Djinawa is the African word that denominates Guinea, but I cannot imagine that it was ever intended to signify Gana.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by James Grey Jackson

In accordance with this Principle, Comte establishes what he denominates the Hierarchy of the Sciences.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

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

The funds will be denominated in Chinese yuan, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

The priests of Apollo among the Gauls were denominated paterœ, as having the gift of prophecy.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook

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

In the territory denominating an earl, if it were all his own, the courts held, and the profits of that jurisdiction were to his own use and benefit.

From The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington