yen
1an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y
a former silver coin of Japan.
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a desire or craving: I had a yen for apple pie.
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How to use yen in a sentence
yen says the initial funding has helped Proton avoid giving control of the company away to external investors.
Proton's CEO Wanted to Fight Dictatorships. Now He's Fighting Big Tech Too | Billy Perrigo/Geneva | May 12, 2022 | TimeNegative real rates also make dollars less attractive to funds and folks with savings abroad, so they will increasingly invest in their home countries, or invest elsewhere in euro or yen securities, because our returns don’t even match inflation.
The biggest economic threat facing the next administration: A weak dollar | Shawn Tully | October 11, 2020 | FortuneSo even though it correctly touted trades such as going long equities, buying gold and betting on the yen against the dollar, it failed to benefit from its own foresight.
The losses continue to pile up for hedge fund king Ray Dalio | Bernhard Warner | September 15, 2020 | FortuneJapan’s benchmark stock index sank 2% on Friday, while the yen strengthened, suggesting investors fear Abe’s exit doesn’t augur well for future growth.
The legacy Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister, will leave after resigning | claychandler | August 28, 2020 | FortuneThe amount of vanished bitcoins was 650,000 BTC (or 24.7 billion yen).
Japanese Bitcoin Heist ‘an Inside Job,’ Not Hackers Alone | Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky, Jake Adelstein | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
The cops say Kakehi gained several hundred million yen in inheritance from the deaths over the years.
The ministry pours an estimated 700 million yen (6.8 million dollars) into whale research per year.
Welcome to Japan’s Whale Week, Featuring Curried Whale Meat And Exploding Harpoons | Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein | June 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is a country where an estimated two trillion yen ($19.3 billion) are spent each year on the legal sex industry.
Japan’s Desperate Housewives Opting for Adulterous Online Dating | Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDay tickets at Asahidake (www.wakasaresort.com) cost 4,000 yen.
Olympians Dish on Their Favorite Spots to Ski & Snowboard | The Daily Beast | October 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLong-yen is somewhat smaller, but is also white and tender, though the taste is rather watery.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe one I liked best was (even in Japanese things my fancy usually hits on the most expensive) just a thousand yen in price!
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael StopesI had rather a time getting old Hiraoka to rent it, but an auctioneer will do anything for enough yen.
Winona of the Camp Fire | Margaret WiddemerThey plundered a sum of 200,000 yen from the Ono Company, and made a successful raid upon the prefectural offices of Kumamoto.
Japan | VariousBut for its passage, the deficit of the next fiscal year would have reached beyond forty-six millions of yen.
Japan | Various
British Dictionary definitions for yen (1 of 2)
/ (jɛn) /
the standard monetary unit of Japan, (notionally) divided into 100 sen
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1British Dictionary definitions for yen (2 of 2)
/ (jɛn) informal /
a passionate, ardent, or intense longing or desire
(intr) to yearn
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2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with yen
see have a yen for.
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