amount of currency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofamountandcurrency
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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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 ofamountandcurrencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The buyer agent for each production unit is centrally assigned a certainamountofcurrencyin order to purchase the factors of production that it requires to meet its targets.
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If you depreciate your currency, commodities must command a greateramountofcurrency, and therefore prices must rise.
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A new level of world prices must be established before we can say with anything like exactness whatamountofcurrencyis required.
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I wonder whether he realises that such articles may be used to conceal a largeamountofcurrencyand paper money.
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I almost hesitate to mention theamountofcurrencyand the reserve function of the £.
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Very well; if thatamountofcurrencyis increased beyond what is really needed there will be inflation leading to higher prices.
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Every traveller has to go to his bank manager and have marked on his passport theamountofcurrencywhich he is taking overseas.
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The second crucial question seems to be who controls theamountofcurrencyand additional liquidity created.
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It will be generally admitted that to a certain extent inflation of values is caused by theamountofcurrencythat is in circulation.
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On the other hand, the aggregateamountofcurrencyrequired will undoubtedly be larger.
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Every day across the exchanges there flows about 20 times theamountofcurrencythat is required for the financing of ordinary transactions.
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In 1938, the last pre-war year, the averageamountofcurrencyin circulation was £446 million.
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How are we to save thatamountofcurrencyin other directions.
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He stated that there had been a large increase in theamountofcurrencynotes issued.
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They are being paid in a nominalamountofcurrencywhich is not in practice worth the amount it purports to be worth.
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They keep in mind considerations of the balance of payments, the importation of raw materials, and theamountofcurrencyreceived for the finished product.
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Theamountofcurrencyin any country is largely governed by trade.
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The application is for a largeramountofcurrencythan we can agree to allot for wafer cups, but provision is being made for the firm's most pressing needs.
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Theamountofcurrencyhas largely increased.
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You have in the hands of the people a certainamountofcurrencynotes and of deposits in banks, against which no goods exist at all.
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