单词 | reserve currency |
释义 | > as lemmasreserve currency reserve currency n. a strong currency which is widely used in international trade and which a central bank is prepared to hold as part of its foreign exchange reserves. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > types of currency soft currency1837 fiat-money1880 token coinage1881 token-money1889 token currency1893 monopoly money1895 hard currency1940 soft currency1940 reserve currency1950 petrocurrency1974 cryptocurrency1991 commodity dollar1998 1950 Times 1 June 10/1 The status of sterling as an international trading and reserve currency and the protection of sterling against gold losses due to the use of sterling balances. 1967 Listener 26 Jan. 116/3 Britain, in or out of the Common Market, should maintain sterling as a reserve currency. 1978 Time 3 July 8/1 The D-mark is being pushed more and more into the role of an international reserve currency. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 Mar. 17/3 It was..evident in 1945 that the United States would direct any effort to manage the world economy, with the dollar as the principal reserve currency. < as lemmas |
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