circulating medium
Example Sentences
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Its establishment originated in the imperious obligation imposed on every government to furnish its people with a circulating medium for their commerce.
From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Daniel Webster
The history of all commercial countries shows that the precious metals can constitute but a small part of this circulating medium.
From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Daniel Webster
But his effort to contract and steady the circulating medium excited protests from a community that was growing rich in the rapid inflation of values.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
It was the first money I had ever earned—my only transactions with the circulating medium before that time, having been to spend it, as fast as it could be obtained from a fond father.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Charles A. Beach
I had not expected to draft on the department this spring; but there were no other means of settling with Governor McLaughlin, for the want of a circulating medium through which to operate.
From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by William Henry Gray
