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valuta|vəˈl(j)uːtə|
Pl. valute, valuten.
[(G. a.) It. valuta:—late L. *valuta, use as n. of fem. pa. pple. of L. valēre to be worth.]
Foreign currency; a monetary standard, the currency constituting an acceptable medium of exchange, the valuation constituting an acceptable rate of exchange. Also attrib., transf., and fig.
1893R. Bithell Counting-House Dict. (rev. ed.) 314 Valuta, Russian paper money. 1921Glasgow Herald 28 Oct. 11 The speculation in valute and devisen has become..ridiculous, as the great boom on the Berlin exchange proves. 1924Lucas & Bonar tr. Knapp's State Theory of Money 106 Everywhere there is a valuta or standard money. Ibid. 165 If there is more than one kind of money in the country, the value in valuta money is always meant. c1939E. Benn Diary in Happier Days (1949) xiv. 171 He doubted if the valuten could be found to send the Führer to England. 1954E. H. Carr Interregnum i. 29 A general decree was issued ‘On Valuta Operations’... It confined transactions in foreign valuta to the Exchanges. 1964S. Bellow Herzog 143 A mob broke into his house..looking for valuta. 1967Economist 19 Aug. p. xxix/1 Russia is still the chief importer of Skoda products, but the emphasis is gradually shifting to the West and other areas. A nominal level of valuten income is now set. 1972M. Muggeridge Chron. Wasted Time I. v. 252 All were deeply moved;..as, indeed, was I, despite my valuta origins and prospects. 1979F. E. Perry Dict. Banking 262/1 Valuta, rate of exchange, value, currency; entries in bank books which fix charges to be made or interest charges due, such as the determination of opening and closing dates for the relative periods. |