major currency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandcurrency
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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currency
noun
uk/ˈkʌr.ən.si/us/ˈkɝː.ən.si/
the money that is used in a particular country at a ...
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(Definition ofmajorandcurrencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Stabilizing against amajorcurrency, which is itself relatively stable in purchasing power, can help stabilize the price level in a small country.
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It was doubtful whether it would prove workable for long in face of frequent devaluations by amajorcurrency.
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Projects completed before 1993 were omitted because ofmajorcurrencychanges that occurred in 1993, though it is recognized that this assumption may introduce biases.
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This is by far the most excessive over valuation which anymajorcurrencyhas experienced in recent monetary history.
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It is silly to remain the one country without a currency in amajorcurrencyblock.
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First, the dollar has been very strong against every othermajorcurrency.
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It is a ridiculous situation that amajorcurrencyshould be subject to these extraordinary quirks of circumstance in overseas countries.
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This is the point, that it really cannot apply to amajorcurrencydeficit.
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It is down, but it is the highest, somewhat, of any country supporting amajorcurrency.
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But the pound is also amajorcurrency.
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Can she further say how a stable relationship between the world'smajorcurrencygroups is to be achieved following the summit?
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First, sterling retains its role as amajorcurrencyfor international trade and finance.
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Everyone has noted that after less than three years in office the country faces the danger of amajorcurrencycrisis and a major crisis in our balance of payments.
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From then on, we were landed with a monetary system which turned everymajorcurrencyinto a yo-yo rather than a serious, solid means for investment and exchange.
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It is five times as heavy as it was in the nineteenth century in terms of weight for purchasing power, and it is by far the heaviestmajorcurrencytoday.
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The fanciful belief exists that we could isolate ourselves from it, but such a mechanism would be impossible to sustain asmajorcurrencyzones become stronger.
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What is important is to choose a name which has a distinctive initial, which could not be confused with the initial of some othermajorcurrency.
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We have a stable euro that has withstoodmajorcurrencycrises and inflation that is so low that it has now again given economists something to worry about.
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The uncertain and unknown factor about the exchange rate mechanism is that it works well with the deutschemark as onemajorcurrencyand a number of smaller currencies.
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It shows absolute strength momentum of selectedmajorcurrency.
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