circulating medium

Example Sentences

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Little need there would be to go to any expense in getting out posters when there was such a splendid circulating medium close at hand.

From Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield by Douglas, Alan

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 Gray, William Henry

Indeed, they are used as a kind of circulating medium.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.

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 Webster, Daniel

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 Beach, Charles A.