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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

Such part of the series of nature's operations, which we understand, has a regular and necessary connection with, and dependence on its parts, which we denominate by the names of cause and effect.

From Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion by Ethan Allen

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

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

Science has taught us the processes of his work, and denominates them the “laws of Nature.”

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

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

He denominates the man in the moon "an imaginary being, the subject of perhaps one of the most ancient, as well as one of the most popular, superstitions of the world."

From Moon Lore by Timothy Harley

A 1624-vintage perpetual Dutch security, originally bearing a yield of 6.25% and denominated in gold, was issued to finance essential repairs to some dikes along the lower Rhine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

The Esseneans were also denominated Nazarim, and we may perceive the idea suggested by the name that Jesus belonged to their body.

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

She counted them on the table; ten bills denominating a thousand dollars each.

From The Sisters-In-Law by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton


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