denominate

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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

Rather, we count up the values of the various financial assets at his disposal and denominate them in terms of dollars.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2012

In spite of these and other advantages, not one textbook in ten up to 1900 made early use of these exercises with denominate numbers.

From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)