circulating medium
Example Sentences
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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.
The local currency includes rings of gold, specially made as a circulating medium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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 Dawson, Thomas C.
The Christian is, so to speak, the circulating medium of Christ, the coin of the realm by whom the great transactions of mercy and grace to a lost world are carried on.
From Thoughts for the Quiet Hour by Various
It will give assurance to our languishing industries that the volume of our circulating medium is not to continue shrinking, and that the tendency of prices shall no longer be downward.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)
