debased currency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdebaseandcurrency
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debase
verb[T]
uk/dɪˈbeɪs/us/dɪˈbeɪs/
to make something less good or ...
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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 ofdebaseandcurrencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdebased currency
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Could we not manage to be realistic and visionary all at the same time, and realise that paper safeguards are adebasedcurrency?
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Their high salaries are only because of inflated anddebasedcurrency.
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They suffer the injustice of their tax refunds being repaid up to a year later indebasedcurrency.
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I make the first statement on my own responsibility; that is that the £l sterling is not adebasedcurrency.
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She did call in somedebasedcurrencyat one time, but there was roaring inflation going on for the whole of her reign.
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It should be coined if required and as required; otherwise, in my opinion, the currency is adebasedcurrency.
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I am afraid that the politicians have become adebasedcurrencyowing to their perpetual electioneering.
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All parties must accept that we have adebasedcurrencyas compared with 1945.
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We have never touched that figure of £70 million, even in our moderndebasedcurrency.
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Clearly, at this time ofdebasedcurrencythere is a need for a cut-back in public expenditure.
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What they want in fact is to buy our good raw material with theirdebasedcurrency.
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All that was due todebasedcurrency.
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It was applied only to the case where, owing todebasedcurrency, you could sell in the markets of this country below the cost price in the country of origin.
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Let us get away from the idea that, with thedebasedcurrencywe are dealing with, an income of £2,000 is wealth beyond the dreams of avarice.
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From 1713, two separate systems coexisted, "courant" and "species", with courant being adebasedcurrencyalso used for banknote issue.
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However, these countries debased their coins by switching to cheaper metals thereby inflating the newdebasedcurrencyin relation to the supply of the former silver coins.
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