currency reform

collocation in English

meaningsofcurrencyandreform

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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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reform
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈfɔːm/us
/rɪˈfɔːrm/
an improvement, especially in a person's behaviour or in the structure ...
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(Definition ofcurrencyandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Wartime savings in the countryside were sharply curtailed by means of the 1947currencyreform.
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His analysis suggests that the official figures under-estimated the real levels of industrial production and as a consequence overstated the production effect of thecurrencyreform.
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They have also had a majorcurrencyreformwhich gave them the starting point to this expansion.
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I welcome the measures ofcurrencyreformthat have taken place in recent months.
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In fact, this is not acurrencyreformat all.
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We had come to a situation wherecurrencyreformobviously could wait no longer.
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It is this pathetic persistence in waiting for leave which makes it impossible for us to carry out acurrencyreform.
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This can be settled only bycurrencyreform.
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Surely it is to work out a system of increasing the purchasing power by a method ofcurrencyreform.
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Already two years have gone by, and for 18 months it has been abundantly clear that we must havecurrencyreform.
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Consideration will be given to this together with the other economic factors connected with the planning forcurrencyreform.
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It is impossible to give any accurate estimate of the extent to which the black market in foodstuffs has been increased sincecurrencyreform.
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Among the things alleged to be the cause of the present trouble is the question ofcurrencyreform.
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It is the honest people, mainly the old people who believed in war savings, who have their savings wiped out in thiscurrencyreform.
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However, we must not overlook some serious consequences of thatcurrencyreform.
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In all cases, radicalcurrencyreformis necessary.
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There has been nocurrencyreformfor over two years.
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Today these costs are crushingly heavy, precisely because of thecurrencyreform.
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After thecurrencyreformhad taken place, a considerable proportion of people's bank balances was blocked.
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I turn to another subsidiary problem which is aggravating the difficulty of carrying through thecurrencyreform.
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