| 单词 | gold reserve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold reserve gold reserve n. a quantity of gold held by a central bank to support the issue of currency (cf. reserve n. 2c(a)). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > gold-reserve gold reserve1850 1850 Morning Post (London) 16 Dec. 4/4 The gold reserve which it [sc. the Bank of England] has now in its hands would be speedily diminished. 1925 Scribner's Mag. July 55/2 It is absolutely necessary to maintain the present gold reserve. 1987 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Feb. (Final ed.) a15/2 The Mint purchases gold on the open market in quantities sufficient to replace that taken from the country's gold reserves, at Fort Knox, Ky., and West Point, N.Y. 2014 J. Rickards Death of Money v. 137 This combination of large, liquid bond markets, a sound currency, and huge gold reserves may enable the euro to displace the dollar as the world's leading reserve currency by 2025. < as lemmas |
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